THE CIGARETTE MUST GO

International Tract and Missionary Society · Oakland, California · Oct 6, 1887

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 13, No. 39.

THE CIGARETTE MUST GO.

THE physicians hereabout are beginning to talk as if the cigarette would "have to go." Thus, Dr. Wm. A. Hammond tells us, "to young boys it is poison. Everybody knows that excessive smoking will stunt the growth of the young and sow the seeds of disease, which will develop in later years. Cigarettes only drop the seeds a little faster. If a boy begins to smoke a great deal early in life, you may be sure he will never become an intelligent soul, as the effects on his body will by affinity reach the mind; he will lose energy and steadiness of purpose, and will become a vacillating, weak man, unfitted for the struggle of life. Cigarette smoking is like whisky drinking; the appetite for it increases just in proportion as the body becomes unable to bear it." Dr. Shrady, who attended General Grant during his last illness, says: "The cigarette has had much the same effect on the smoking habit in this country that 'the growler' has had on the drinking habit; by its inexpensiveness and convenience for short smokes it has spread the habit among all classes, and comes within reach of the boot-black as well as the millionaire. Cigarette smoking induces a condition of the heart and digestive organs which may cause death at any time. The effect may not be noticeable for years in a man, but it is not long in making its appearance in a boy." Dr. Loomis, Jacob Sharp's physician, also says he regards the cigarette as a dangerous article, since its moderate use generally degenerates into excess.—New York Cor. Phila. Ledger.