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Hawera Star, Volume XLVII, 11 August 1928, Page 5

Ad English tourist, while “doing” the Waikato recently was surprised and disgusted to notice so many Maori women enjoying their pipes. On his return to Auckland he mentioned the matter to an old colonist, remarking that it was a sure sign of the degeneracy of the Maori race when their women smoked pipes. Said the New Zealander: “Well, if that is so, the Irish women of the working class must have been degenerating for a good while, because I remember seeing them smoking claps in Dublin when I was a boy.” The tourist said no more. There is nothing wrong with pipe smoking for man or woman so long as the right tobacco is used. Choose a brand as free from nicotine as you can. That’s all. Our New Zealand-grown tobaccos contain only a trifling percentage of nicotine, and you can’t beat them for flavour and aroma. You can smoke them for hours nDd they won’t do you any harm. Ask for “Riverhead Gold,” mild; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; or “Cut Plug No. 10” (Bullhead), full strength.*