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New Zealand Herald, Volume 81, Issue 25051, 15 November 1944, Page 6

"Toasted tobacco," said the reporter, "has come to stay; we all know that, because every other bloke you meet is smoking one brand or another of it. But what is the toasting process exactly? How is it done?" "There's a good few would like to know that, if you ask me," replied tho whiff merchant, lighting a cigarette. "Every industry has its secrets, and I reckon that's one of the secrets of the National Tobacco Co., the pioneers of tho tobacco industry in New Zealand. But 'toasted' caught on from the jump, you know, and no doubt toasting had a lot to do with that — cleans up the nicotine in the leaf and helps to give the six blends, Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). Cavendish. Kiverhead Gold, Desert Gold and Pocket Edition, their distinctive flavour and fine bouquet." "If I only knew all about the blanky process," mused the scribe, "it'd make a story, that would!" "No doubt," laughed the tobacconist, "but the manufacturers are hardly likely to give away the secret just to oblige youf r Advt,