THE SMOKER | AdventAI

Seventh-day Adventist Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Nov 11, 1880

THE SMOKER.

The smoker who is wedded to the habit, cannot readily understand why every one else does not like the odor. But the fact is patent that the scent of tobacco is not only disagreeable to some persons, but also absolutely poisonous. It does not mend the matter to say that this is mere prejudice or weakness. You have no right to make others uncomfortable for your own satisfaction. No gentleman will thrust himself in close proximity to ladies with his coat saturated with stale smoke. No gentleman will pass through a car carrying a lighted cigar in his hand, and leaving a trail of offensive smoke behind him. No gentleman will get in a stage carrying a smoldering stump in his hand, and keep it there until it smolders out and emits a more hideous stench than before. No gentleman will puff out his costly smoke on the platform of the horse-car, when the passengers inside cannot escape some portions of the fumes. But you can find "men" doing these things every day in the week.