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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXII, Issue 21854, 26 October 1945, Page 5

& 'Mb Sm Make M@re Meat arsdl Butter Available for Britain If you can do without a meat and butter coupon occasionally, and would like voluntarily to help make more food available for Britain, then give your unused food coupons to your local Post Office, sealing them in an envelope which has been clearly marked “More for Britain”, Rationing Officer, (and name of your town). With the coupons should be enclosed a statement setting out the name of the sender, how many of each kind of coupon are enclosed and (when butter coupons are sent) the name of the retailer with whom registered. If you are a member of an organisation authorised to collect coupons, give your envelope (containing coupons and statement as above)Jo your secretary'. Make sure no coupons are handed in until AFTER they have expired. No money is to be sent —just the coupons. The Government guarantees that the meat and butter represented by the unused coupons will be sent to Britain. If sugar and tea coupons are also sent in they will enable N.Z. to draw on less from overseas and so make more available for others. Issued for the Food and Rationing Controller by the Economic Information Service EIS.MB2 ISSUED BY THE DEPT. OF HEALTH n, a h re-* If you want 4® excel - , u. DON’T SMOKE TOO YOUNG! Once acquired, the smoking habit is hard to break —don’t acquire it too young if you want to excel in sport and learning Here is the case for tobacco smoking: for and against:— FOR: It helps you to relax; it takes the strain off tired nerves and induces a feeling of relief from fatigue and irritability: it is an aid to sociability. AGAINST: Excessive smoking can irritate the throat and lungs, shorten the breath; upset the action of the heart; set up add perpetuate catarrhal conditions and is a cause of morning cough. (There is no proof that it can cause permanent damage to lungs or heart, or induce cancer). FACTS: Tobacco smoking is habit forming. The “fragrant weed” harbours poisons —nicotine and carbon monoxide. The nicotine content of dry tobacco smoke averages 0.6 per cent. Not very much, but a heavy smoker gets a little nicotine lots of times each day. And the effect is cumulative. Inhaling smoke into the lungs allows about 85 per cent, of the nicotine to > tj ■ be absorbed. ADVICE: (I) Moderation in the . use of tobacco by adults. (2) Abstinence in adolescence no tobacco until 21 years of age should be the rule. It does retard mental and physical achievement. (3) Minimum inhalation. HELP YOURSELF TO KEEP FIT l wiwiik KEEP THIS ANNOUNCEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE. sn FOR A HEALTHIER NATION

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