TO MATCH.
CIGARETTES AND FROCKS. LONDON, October 12. Coloured cigarettes matching the women's dresses arc the latest vogue, leading to the introduction of red, pink, yellow, blue, green, and black cigarettes, coloured with non-injurious vegetable dyes, of the same hue as the costumes. The pipe-making industry in France is seriously depressed owing to a 50 per cent decrease in the past three years In England's demand for pipes. The demand for tobacco has decreased 20 per cent, whereas the demand for cigars has increased r>o per cent in nine years. Britain consumes more cigarettes pethead than the United States. Tobacconists consider that the rush and bustle of modern life is responsible for the favouring of cigarettes, compared with pipes.
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Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 246, 17 October 1929, Page 7
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119TO MATCH. Auckland Star, Volume LX, Issue 246, 17 October 1929, Page 7
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