Cruel to be kind! “If you would cure your young lad of smoking,” writes “Pater” to a Sydney Daily, argue with him. Invite him to come and have a smoke with you. He’ll be as pleased as punch. Fill an old pipe with ‘full-flavoured,’ offer him a light and tell him to make himself comfortable. He wont be comfortable long—and will probably not smoke again for years. Its rum, but some men never learn to smoke; others have to serve a short apprenticeship to smoking. But once acquired what pleasure and habit the habit gives. But avoid brands that cause discomfort and upset you. They’re too full of nicotine. The safest of all tobaccos are the toasted ones. Toasting helps to free them of nicotine and give them their delicious flavour and beautiful bouquet, and whether you fill up with Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead), Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog), Cavendish, Riverhead Gold or Desert Gold, you’ll get the purest, sweetest, most fragrant and soothing smoke you ever had —and the least harmful
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Timaru Herald, Volume CXLIV, Issue 20983, 11 March 1938, Page 11
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