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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19900, 30 March 1939, Page 9

“About how many brands ot tobacco do vou reckon there are, all told?” enquired a Dunedin man oL his smoke merchant. ''Couldn’t say, replied the latter, "but my encyclopedia says about 500. And * 1 smokable," wont on the eustomoi with a laugh. "Wouldn’t care to bet on that,” said the tobacconist. “As you know there are brand? mild enough for a baby and ethers strong enough to make your hair curl." “But surely,” remarked the customer, "there must be brand's that are comparatively free from nicotine?” “I know of only five like that,” said the tobacconist. “And where do they come from?” asked the customer. "They’re grown right here in New Zealand,” replied the tobacconist, "and toasted in the course of manufacture." That takes the poison out of them and leaves them sweet and fragrant—also quite .harmless. Yes, l said live brands: Rivorhead .(Sold, Desert Gold, Navy Cut No. .1, Cavendish, \ and Cut Ping No. 10. The customer said he’d been told something worth remembering. He had.*