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Hawera Star, Volume L, 15 January 1931, Page 5

If. seems 'almost incredible, but it’s a fact that in early Victorian days there were no smoking rooms, and to be seen smoking in the streets was regarded as the worst of bad form. Today no club-house, hotel, or large private residence is considered complete without its smoke-room, land for every man who smoked 1 when Victoria was Queen, a hundred smoke • now. Well, the more the merrier! Tobacco is no longer considered si luxury, ft has become a necessity. But its l purity is of paramount importance, and as the imported brands all contain, more or less, an- excess of the poisonous nicotine, they cannot be considered safe smoking. The 'world’s purest tobaccos are the New Zealand toasted ones. Toasting eliminates the nicotine, so that you can smoke these brands with nbsoluto impunity. There arc. four brands only: Riverhead Gold, Navy’ Cut No. 3, Cavendish anfli Cut Plug No. 10. All are recommended for their flavour and aroma. Of course there are imitations! Be on the look out for them.