The story goes that in the early days of smoking in England a. citizen of “credit and renown” (like John Gilpin) was quietly enjoying his pipe (and incidentally emitting clouds ot smoke from mouth and nostrils) when his serving man, who had never seen anyone smoking before, came along, and lumping to the conclusion that his master was on tire, rushed to the "oil. and drew a bucket of water with which he drenched the unfortunate smoker in order to “put him out.’ One laughs over that old story, but people there are, to this day, who throw cold water on tobacco smoke, and refuse to believe in the face of the clearest evidence that tobacco is harmless provided it is good a.nd as free as may be from nicotine. Our New Zealand tobacco, for instance, cannot do anybody any harm. It is toasted, and the toasting kills the nicotine in it, besides giving it its famous flavor and fragrance. There are but four brands of the genuine toasted: Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Biverliead Gold, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead).*
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18191, 12 September 1933, Page 10
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