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Hawera Star, Volume XLV, 2 January 1926, Page 5

Robert Louis Stevenson once de dared, according/ to one of his biographers: “No woman should marry a man who doesn’t smoke,’’ and Stevenson, it must he admitted, knew human nature. Another famous man of letters, Bulwer-Lytton, vrote (see his novel, “What .will he do with it?”). “He who doth not smoke hath either known no greater grief, or refuseth himself the softest consolation next to that which comes from heaven.” As to the harmfulness of the habit much very much —depends upon the tobacco. Brands heavily charged with nicotine are best avoided. Tn that respect and in other respects our own New Zealand grown thbaccos hold pride of place,, because they contain comparatively little nicotine ;ind may therefore he indulged in ad. lib., without affecting nerves or heart. Doubtless that is why they are finding favour with so many smokers They are on sale everywhere; and are adapted to all tastes. “Riverliead Gold” is mild aromatic, “Toasted Navy Cut” (Bulldog) a delightful medium, and “Cut Plug No. 19 (Bull’s Head label) a fine full-flav ured tobacco.*