Shah Abbas of Persia prohibited the smoking of tobacco in his realm. As a warning to others he burnt a merchant alive in his stock of the plant. But even this did not stop the people smoking, and Shah Abbas, enraged at even his courtiers defying his law, made them smoke pipes filled with refuse for punishment, whilst hot lead was poured down the throats of two merchants caught selling the “divine weed.’’ But circumstances alter cases, for the Shah was persuaded to try a smoke himself and enjoyed it so immensely that he rescinded all previous laws against tobacco. The modern smoker avoids these perils, hut we have a very shrewd suspicion that many a smoker of Dill’s Best would take all manner of risks before yielding up his enjoyment of this fragrant tobacco
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 9
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135Page 9 Advertisements Column 3 Timaru Herald, Volume CXXV, Issue 18201, 28 February 1929, Page 9
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