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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 17756, 17 September 1927, Page 17

anti-tobaccoitcs are. wont to say lard things about smoking, but quite iften they are untrue. Tobacco may lave its faults, but its -virtues should •lot be overlooked. Smoking assists digestion; it is also a groat preservative of the teeth and a destroyer of the harmful germs which infest all people’s mouths, while its soothing and tranquilising effects in times of mental «tress, worry or exertion are well known to all smokers. But the quality ehould be good. Brands full of nicotine (like many of the imported varieties) are best avoided. Our own Now Zea-land-grown tobaccos contain comparatively little nicotine, and may consequently' be smoked freely without, injurious results, while owing to the loaf being toasted in the process of manufacture (quite a novel idea) they , are remarkable for flavour and fragrance. Tim popular brands are “Riverhcad Gold/’ aromatic; “Navy Cut” (Bulldog), medium; and Cut Plug No. 10 ißullshead’), full strength. The demand for these goods is growing so rapidly that the New Zealand tobacco industry is assuredly destined to became of the first importance. M