“Tobacco absolutely free from nicotine?” writes Mr. Eugene Orme, an analytical chemist -of note. “No, I’m afraid it’s as hopeless to look for that as it is to discover the philosopher’s stone or the elixir of life. The nearest approach to tobacco of such purity—and it is a near' approach—is made in New Zealand;. ’ I know, because when I was there for the big game Ashing a year or two ago I found that ‘the tobacco of the country,’ as the Maorilanders call it, contains surprisingly little nicotine. The manufacturers toast it (having installed special machinery for the purpose), with the result that so much of the nicotine is eliminated that what remains is negligible. Both flavour and bouquet are delightful. No wonder this tobacco flnds so much favour with smokers in ‘the Britain of the South.’ ” Thus the testimony in favour of New Zealand toasted tobacco ig always growing! The four brands are: Navy Cut No. 3 (Bulldog). Riverhead Gold, Cavendish, and Cut Plug No. 10 (Bullshead). Smoke them as freely as you will, they are harmless —because they’re toasted.—Ad,'t''-
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Thames Star, Volume LXIV, Issue 18972, 1 December 1933, Page 3
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