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Review and Herald Publishing Association · Takoma Park Station, Washington, D. C. · Jun 27, 1907

FromReview and Herald, Vol. 84, No. 26.

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Anti-Cigarette Law

THE Berry anti-cigarette act, prohibiting the use of cigarettes, cigars, or tobacco by any person under eighteen years old in any public place, which was enacted at the recent session of the Illinois Legislature, has been approved by Governor Deneen. A penalty also is provided for furnishing smoking materials to persons under this age, while for manufacturing, selling, or giving away cigarettes containing any substance deleterious to health, other than tobacco, a penalty of a one-hundred-dollar fine or jail imprisonment of thirty days is provided. This is an excellent law. Cigarette smoking is a peril to the health of all who indulge in it, and is especially harmful to boys. The law should be rigidly enforced.—Selected.