The Effects of Cigarette Smoking on Boys
THE principal of a Chicago school gives this result of three years' investigation: In one school 125 boys were addicted to the cigaret habit; 25 of these confessed that they were too sleepy to study; 30 of them said they were dizzy after smoking; 22 could not write neatly because their hands trembled, and several said they felt “shaky” when they walked. It was also shown that the cigaret habit gradually blunted the moral sensibilities of the boys, making them deceptive, secretive, and untruthful, while very few of them were able to keep up with their classmates who were not addicted to the baneful habit.