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Greymouth Evening Star, 18 October 1946, Page 5

Does smoking shorten life? Tobacco haters say “yes.” But the deaths of centenarian smokers, so - frequently chronicled in the papers, tell another story. So does the foct thot ninny doctors are heavy smokers. The harmfulness or otherwise of smoking depends entirely on the tobacco. Our New Zealand brands can be smoked all day, and every day, with impunity. They are the product of the National Tobacco Co., Ltd. (pioneers of the New Zealand tobacco industry), and are toasted tobaccos, which process absorbs some of the nicotine, and thus purified, sweeter, cooler, or more fragrant tobaccos money cannot buy. They never “bite,” and burn to the last particle. There are various brands. Special favourites: Cut Plug No. 10 (rich, dark and full-flavour-ed), Cavendish (sporting mixture), Navy Cut No. 3 (a very choice blend,* medium), Riverhead Gold (a mellow aromatic), Desert Gold and Pocket Edition*. All toasted—slo.