A Nelson man while chatting with a local tobacconist began to clean out his pipe. “I wish,” he said jokingly, “you could sell me a pipe guaranteed not to get foul in use!” The tobacconist smiled. “Afraid I haven’t got any pipes like that,” he said; “pipes will foul, but some much quicker than others. It’s largely a question of the. tobacco, and the amount of nicotine it contains. Talking about that, I can give you a tobacco so comparatively free from nicotine that your pipe won’t foul nearly so fast as pipes usually do.” “What tobacco is it?” came the question. “Why, there are five brands,” replied the tobacconist, ‘Cut PlugNo. 10 (Bullshead), Cavendish, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Riverhead Gold and Desert Gold. They’re all toasted, and contain so little nicotine you hardly know it’s there. Fine flavour and aroma, too. And as they are so comparatively free from nicotine they don’t affect throat, heart or nerves. If, by any chance, you haven’t tried them, take my tip and do so.” He did. These are the only toasted tobaccos
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King Country Chronicle, Volume XXXIII, Issue 4799, 19 June 1939, Page 2
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