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at wholesale the merchandise, goods, commodity or thing advertised or offered for sale. Section 19-5.5 Advertising former or comparative price of merchandise, etc. No person, firm, corporation or association shall in any manner knowingly advertise a former or comparative price of the merchandise, goods, commodity, service or thing advertised unless such price is the current price at or above which substan- tial sales of merchandise substantially of the same kind, quality, quantity and with substantially the same service are made in the offeror's or advertiser's trade area or was the price at which the merchandise, etc., of substantially the same kind, quality, quantity and with substantially the same service was openly and actively offered for sale by the offeror or advertiser for a period of at least thirty consecutive days within the four months immediately next preceding the date of the advertisement, honest- ly, in good faith and not for the purpose of establishing a ficti- tious higher price on which a deceptive comparison might be based. This s~ction shall not be construed to prohibit the advertisement of any former or comparative price when the date on which substan- tial sales were made at the former or comparative price so ad- vertised is clearly and conspicuously stated in the advertisement. For the purposes of this section, "substantial sales" shall mean a substantial aggregate volume of sales of such mer- chandise at or above the advertised comparative price in the ad- vertiser's trade area. Section 19-5.6. When issuer or distributor of advertisements not guilty of violation; inadvertent error. A person, firm, corporation or association who or which, for compensation, issues or distributes any advertisemen~ or offer, written, printed, oral or otherwise, in reliance upon the copy or information supplied him by the advertiser or offeror, shall not be deemed to ~ave violated section 19-5 or 19-5.2 through 19-5.5 nor shall an inadvertent error on the part'of any such p~rson, firm, corporation or association be deemed a violation of such sections. Section 19-13. Same - Use of opium, marijuana, etc., in manufacture. Any manufacturer of cigarettes who shall employ opium, mari3uana, loco weed or any other sedative, narcotic or hypnotic drug, o~ like chemical or substance, either in the tobacco used or paper wrappers of cigarettes, cigars, tobacco or any otherwise -3-