Cigarette holder

This cigarette holder was made by the American company Ronson, which produced lighters and lighter accessories. Ronson wasknown for its stylish and dependable cigarette lighter line.

It is a good example of the type of stylish accessory favoured by women smokers in the first half of the twentieth century.At that time, smoking tobacco was considered therapeutic. Nearly half of New Zealand’s adult population smoked by the midtwentieth century, when health concerns first became known.