“Punch's” famous "artvice to those about to marry" was “Don’t.” It. L. j Stevenson’s advice to ladies con Lemplating matrimony was “never marry : a non-smoker.” Charles Reade, the | novelist, who flourished before cock- | tails, night clubs, votes for women and the intellectual superiority of the “softer sex” were invented counselled ladies to encourage their husbands and linances’ to smoke all they wanted to. Daring advice at a time when ] women hadn’t learned to smoke and I hated—or said they hated—tobacco. Ah, well, the world grows wiser every day! And it is becoming generally recognised that, given the right baccy smoking, so far from proving harmful. is often positively beneficial. Unfortunately, however, the right baccy is not. so common as it should be — save in New Zealand. There are four brands: Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendish, Riverhead Gold, and Cut Plug No. 10. Not /me of them contains any nicotine worth mentioning; all are famous for their splendid quality. They are toasted! —and quite harmless. They don’t affect heart or throat and are as pure as they are delicious. —297. Woods’ Great Peppermint Cure For Coughs and Colds, never fails
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Stratford Evening Post, Volume II, Issue 224, 20 April 1933, Page 2
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