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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 17833, 7 March 1930, Page 7

Consternation reigned amongst' the smokers on the platform at Wellington the other • day when the Ilntt train drew up, minus £i smoking carriage. However, there were two cars labelled “A” and “15” respectively, and somebody., pipe in mouth. exclaimed, “ ‘JT'is for baccy !” jumped into the “B,” all the other smokers following suit: Presently someone asked ”!l' -‘IV is for baccy, what is ‘A’ for?” “For abstainers of course,” came the reply.. Everybody laughed. Precious few abstainers from the weed nowadays! Well, there’s no harm in tobacco, so long as it’s pure and pretty free from nicotine. Worst of it is the imported . goods are as full of nicotine as they can stick! Funny—our N.Z. brands are almost entirely free from the poison. That’s why you can smoke them (even to excess) with safety! The explanation is that they are all toasted, and toasting gets rid of the nicotine. It also wonderfully improves the flavour and bouquet. Popular brands: Navy Cut, Cavendish, Cut Plug No. 10, and Piverhead Gold. They’re all good and the only , toasted tobaccos manufactured. • ‘