Over a hundred years old! Yet “he thoroughly enjoyed his pipe”! That was recorded by Mr Win, Reeve, who recently passed 'away at 'Tamaki, Auckland. Anti-tobacconists will tell yon smoking shortens life, -'but if anyone eared to take a census of the inmates of our charitable institutions 'lie (would discover that numbers of very old men —yes, and very old women, too! —derive comfort and solace from their pipes. And,, as many doctors will tell you, smoking, so far from being injurious is actually beneficial provided the tobacco is pure and not overloaded with nicotine. Unfortunately the imported brands are all full of the stuff. Our famous New Zealand brands, on the other hand, are so comparatively free from nicotine that they may be sm'oked even excessively with perfect safety. They owe their inocuousnest* to the toasting of the leaf, as well as their^beautiful boucfuct and 1 delicious flavour, and are the only toasted tobaccos on the market. [Popular brands include Navy Cut, Cavendish, Cut Plug No. 10 and Ri verb cad G-old.* —B4 Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure. For influenza colds. —A.dvt. ;
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Hawera Star, Volume L, 17 May 1930, Page 5
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