Tobacco Redeemer" -- c.1920 Advertisement for Tobacco Addiction Cure

St. Louis, Missouri: Newell Pharmacal Company, 1920. Good. Light toning, water staining and dust soiling, minor rust staining from staples.. A printed booklet promoting a "home remedy positively guaranteed to remove all desire and craving for tobacco in any form" (i.e. a cure for tobacco addiction). The booklet begins: "Tobacco Slaves. Are you one? Are you getting tired paying daily tribute to that inexorable master-- King Tobacco? And do you often wish that you could find some quick, sure way of breaking the chain that holds you fast?" (p. [1]). Provides fascinating insight into how people spoke about addiction at the time, insisting it was a "habit" and not a "disease", while at the same time prescribing a medical cure/treating it like a disease to be cured. Also includes testimonials for the treatment, which appears to be a powder and lozenge. Single vol. (6.25" by 3.25"), pp. 24, in original illus. wrps with image of a warrior and a tobacco leaf on the front.