The Cigarette and Its Evil Effects
A despatch was sent out some time since, purporting to come from the War Department, stating that ninety per cent. of the rejections of volunteers for the army were due to the use of cigarets. But the manufacturers of cigarets could not let this statement alone. Their craft is in danger, so they are placing nicely and takingly written statements in the large dailies in which they endeavor to show that the cigaret is not so bad after all. But, no matter how much they may try to cover it up, the cigaret, as well as the use of tobacco in all its forms, is a sister evil to rum, and doing its full share in ruining the world. And what must be the depravity of men when, for the simple love for gain, they will seek to cover up the facts concerning the ruinous effect of tobacco, so that they may have the greater sale for their vile weed! Human laws do not seem to define such acts as crimes, but God’s perfect standard of right clearly shows that they are terrible sins.