“How much tobacco do you smoke a day?” Such was the literally “burning” question a London journal has been asking its readers. There were plenty of replies. A few cigarettesmokers pleaded guilty to as many as six packets daily, between breakfast and bed-time! And some« veteran smokers wrote that they couldn’t do with fewer than ten pipes a day. Medical correspondents condemned that as excessive. Perhaps it is v ßut it all depends on the baccy. For example the nicotine content of American leaf is notoriously large, and the deadly effect of nicotine on heart and nerves is well known to the medical profession. Happily for New Zealanders the nicotine question need not trouble them, because the New Zealand leaf is toasted and that process eliminates the nicotine and makes the tobacco absolutely safe to smoke, even to excess. New Zealand toasted is perhaps the finest tobacco in the world—and the purest. There are four brands: Riverhead Gold, Cavendish; Navy Cut No. 3, and Cut Plug No. 10. (180)
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXV, Issue 3304, 16 May 1931, Page 3
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