A STARTLING CHARGE.

Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10131, 7 January 1911, Page 4

A STARTLING CHARGE.

The Lancet makes a startling .charge against tobacco manufacturers. ''We may well enquire, , it says,' "on what ground the great bulk of.the tobacco smoked by the people is scented. Foreign flavours are present some-times v in?^naußeatmg; * ; cess, and "the iragrancr of est tob.aoco is, Ao ''-most Smokers- ■'•■''.a 1 mere memory; vVe are quite: ; prepared, to. be told that the-public ; like, or eveii prefer, ,a : scented' tobacco, ■ and, therefore,, the trade, must be ready to meet the peculiarities of its customers. If that is the case, the palate of the public, for some reason or other, must have gone astray, which is a': pity, snipe a vitiated taste quickly invites bad trade practices. It is pretty certain, at any rate, tliat if the real demand of the smoker is.in favour of ~a highly .it matters very* little what tlie quality' of thetobacco* is. The matter is one of some importance, because a consideration, of it naturally suggests the possibility of foreign mafterials in tobacco which may .. give additional risks to the smoking habit.", v;'/.<■.■:'• '■.-','■s ■:■.:'■■.■■■■■'■ ' '■':'■:■■'■'*> ■:'■' :•■■■. '. '