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Hawera Star, Volume L, 28 August 1930, Page 5

“If nicotine could be extracted, from tobacco, smoking would .bp as' harmloss as fresh air.'' Tims wrote an eminent Ivnglish scientist some years n-go. ifiinee then science has. discoverpil that toasting the tobacco loaf—an elaborate process—eliminates! so. much of the nicotine that the balance is of no consequent'e, so that smoking can be indulged' in, even immoderately anrl leave no ill after-effects. That discovery is of the first importance, be. cause nicotine, one of the deadliest poisons known if absorbed even in minute quantities into the system daily through the pipe, must, sooner or later, affect heart or nerves. Now the quantity of nicotine in the imported brands of tobaeeo is invariably large, while the toasted New Zealand tobaccos contain next to none. 'Note that there are only four brands rf toasted: Riverhead Gold, Navy Cut No. ?>, 'Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10. All four are harmless to smokers. All are remarkable for their unrivalled flavour and peculiarly delicious fragrance. But ’ware imitations! —l4l