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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17181, 11 February 1930, Page 12

Baid a Wellington man lo his tobacconist when he poppeu in for a cigar the other morning, "What’s the ditler-. cnee between this toasted tobacco l hear so much about, and the ordinary kind?"

"All the ditforence in the world, sir," 'smilingly replied tho smoke merchant. "'1 ousting gives tho tobacco its quite distinctive flavor and bouquet. More than that it Helps largely to rid it of its nicotine. Vou can’t smoke more thar say a couple of pipes of practically any imported brand, you like to men lion, with any relish. Too much nicotine in them. But you can smote toasted tobacco all day long without losing your appetite for'it. Can’t harm vou either, it’s toasted, and that’s the long and the short of it. Brands? Oh, there are half-a-dozen, more or less, i sell a lot of Riverhoad Gold, but quite ns much Cavendish and Navy Cut. Old smokers generally prefe Cut, Ping No. 10. It’s iust a matter of taste.” The customer bousrht a tin of Navy Cut ‘‘to see if he liked it." He will."