“Punch’s’’ famous “advice to those about to marry” was “Don’t.” R. L. Stevenson’s advice to ladies contemplating matrimony was “never marry a non-smoker.” Charles Reade, the novelist, who flourished before cocktails, night-clubs, votes for women and the intellectual superiority of the “softer sex” were invented counselled ladies to encourage their husband’s and fiances’ to smoke all they wanted to. Daring advice at a time when women hadn’t learned to smoke and hated —or said they hated —tobacco Ah, Well, the world grows wiser every lay! And it is becoming generalb ■•ecognised that, given the right baccy smoking, so far from proving harmfu’ often positively beneficial. Unfor unatcly, however, the right baccy i ot so common as it should be— save •’ Now Zealand. There are fom •nnds: Navy Cut No. 3, Cavendis v ■ ! ’-nrhoad Gold, and Cut Plug No. 10 '■'t one of them contains any nicotim -♦h mentioning; all are famou splendid quality. They ar ‘Afi,—and quite harmless.’ The ’+ "ffnet heart nr throat and are a *Kr>v are flnlieion's. 297
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Waipukurau Press, Volume XXVIII, Issue 64, 9 March 1933, Page 3
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