WOMAN FAILS DEAD.
AN INVETERATE SMOKER.
SEVENTY CIGARETTES A DAY.
Australian and N.Z. Cable Association. (Reed. 5.5 p.m.) LONDON. Dec. 10.
Mrs. Parfitt, aged 34 years, fell dead from heart failure after having performed a gipsy dance at a party. Her husband stated at the inquest that his wife, since the age of 14, had been an inveterate cigarette smoker. She smoked from 70 to 80 cigarettes a day.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 18890, 12 December 1924, Page 11
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