CIGARETTE ROMANCE

Wanganui Herald, Volume XXXXV, Issue 13035, 31 March 1910, Page 7

CIGARETTE ROMANCE

The death of Mr Alexander Zicalotti, at the age of 68, at Portsdown. Road, Maida Yale, has removed a Greek patriot and one of the pioneers of the cigarette industry in England, A native of Athens, he came to England as a boy with his father, who was employed by a Greek merchant in Manchester, but returned to Greece. Coming back to England in early manhood, he was one of the quintette of Russians and Greeks who introduced the cigarette industry to England, and developed the manufacture of Turkish brands. His motto was, “Smoke more and you will drink less.” The pioneers of the cigarette were attracted to this country soon after the Crimean War. British soldiers on returning from the war first brought the cigarette to these islands, and the five men followed them to establish the industry.