When tobacco first made its appearance in China the pig-tailed populace became so fond of it that tho reigning Emperor sternly forbade ils use under penalty of death! He was doubtless a “ never-touch it ” and didn’t approve of his subjects enjoying something lie couldn’t relish himself. An-ti-tobaccoiles are like that. Hut smoking is now so universal that were tobacco forbidden to-day the ban would certainly be ignored. A world without tobacco in the twentieth century is unthinkable! Everywhere the consumption of the weed is advancing by leaps and bounds. Here in New Zealand the principal demand is for Ihe genuine “toasted" which combines the most exquisite llavour with the choicest, bouquet, and what is practically immunity for t lie smoker —indulge he ever so freely." The toasting docs it! The five brands of the real thing— Navy Cut No. ,'i (Bulldog), Cut Plug No. to (Bullsheud), Cavendish, Hivcrhend Gold and Desert Gold are in constant request. But there are two sorts of "toasted'' —the genuine and tho imitation. " A word to the wise will always sullied" M’.O
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Waikato Times, Volume 118, Issue 19759, 14 December 1935, Page 21 (Supplement)
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