EFFECT OF TOBACCO

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 25, 1904

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 30, No. 21.

EFFECT OF TOBACCO.

NICOTINE interferes with growth, and its effect in that regard is very measurable, says the World's Work. At Yale during the four years' course, the non-users of tobacco, although taller when they enter, gain 24 per cent more in height, and 26.7 per cent more in girth of chest, than do the habitual users. Dr. Hitchcock, of Amherst College, found even greater differences. The difference in the lung capacity is very striking in the two classes, and has been noticed by all observers. It shows the effect of tobacco on the respiration, nicotine being a potent depressor. As regards the effect of nicotine on the mental processes, it is more difficult to interpret the meaning of statistics. Out of the highest scholarship men at Yale, only five per cent use tobacco, while of the men who do not get appointments, 60 per cent use it. It is therefore certain that the use of tobacco is a direct hindrance to the performance of the best work, as well as being a menace to health and morals.