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Kōrero: Smoking

Advertisement for Capstan cigarettes

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Advertisement for Capstan cigarettes

This advertisement, aimed at women, appeared in the Auckland Star in May 1941. It was wartime and many women were in the workforce, so the ad tried to associate smoking cigarettes with relaxation at the end of a job. 'Time for a Capstan' was one of the best-known advertising slogans of the period.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

National Library of New Zealand, Papers Past

Reference: Auckland Star, 30 May 1941, p. 9

Permission of the National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

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Me pēnei te tohu i te whārang

Jock Phillips, Smoking – Cigarettes rule: 1900–1960, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/ephemera/38972/advertisement-for-capstan-cigarettes (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Jock Phillips, i tāngia i te 30 November 2012.