"Punch's" famous "advice to those about to marry" was "Don't." R. stevenson's advice to ladies contemplating matrimony was "never marry a nonsmokei . Charles Reade, the novelist who flourished before coclctails, night clubs, votes for women and the intellectual superiority of the "softer sex" were invented counselled ladies to encourage their husbands and fiances to smoke all they wanted to. Daring advice at a time when women hadn't learned to smoke and hated — or said they hated — tobacco. Ah, well, the world grows wiser everyday! And it is becoming generally recognised that, given the right baccy, smoking, so far from proving harmful, is often posi. tively benefieial. Unfortunately, however, the right baccy is not so common as it should be — save in New Zealand. There are four brands: Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, Riverhead Gold, and Cut Plug No. 10. Not one of them contain any nicotine worth mentioning; all are famous for their splendid quality. They are toasted! — and -quite harmless. They don't affect hesvt or throat and are as pure as they
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Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 389, 25 November 1932, Page 7
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173Page 7 Advertisements Column 2 Rotorua Morning Post, Volume 2, Issue 389, 25 November 1932, Page 7
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