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Manawatu Times, Volume 66, Issue 4, 6 January 1941, Page 3

At an inquest down south tlie other day it appeared deceased (death attributed to heart trouble) was a heavy smoker and accustomed to consume an ounce a day. His doctor considered this excessive, but thought the quality o# the tobacco was to blame as well. “You can’t,” he said, “go on smoking these imported tobaccos, practically all of them loaded with nicotine, without paying the penalty some time.” Tlie coroner agreed. Said he couldn’t understand why people would so often smoke poisonous foreign tobaccos when we had here in New Zealand perhaps the purest brands in the world, and quite safe smoking. He was referring to the tobaccos grown and manufactured in the Dominion by the Nation: Tobacco Co. (pioneers of the N.Z. tobacco industry). (Safe smoking they certainly are, and their comparative freedom from nicotine is due to the toasting of the leaf. This not only renders them harmless, but develops flavour and aroma. Popular brands: Riverhead Gold (mild), Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog—medium), Cavendish (medium) and Cut Plug No. 10 (Builshead —full strength).