TOBACCO AND EFFECTS by Edwin P. Gleason, M. D.

Pacific Press Publishing Company · Oakland, California · May 7, 1894

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 20, No. 27.

TOBACCO AND EFFECTS.

By Edwin P. Gleason, M. D.

1. Tobacco used to excess lessens the natural appetite. A great smoker is seldom a great eater. 2. It impairs digestion, causing dyspepsia, besides other derangements of the digestive system. 3. It causes inflammation of the mouth and throat, destroying the purity of the voice. A smoker is rarely a good singer. 4. It is a cardiac irritant, causing palpitation and "tobacco heart." 5. It causes nervous depression, diminished virility, melancholy, and impaired memory. 6. It injures the sight and hearing. This follows more often from smoking than from chewing. 7. It is hostile to the most perfect development of the body; an athlete in training is not allowed to use tobacco. 8. Its

most marked effects are in the young, in whom it arrests development of the highest nervous centers, and stunts the growth. 9. Its use is an expensive habit. 10. It is offensive to many. Have we the right to make ourselves disagreeable? 11. It creates a thirst which in some may be satisfied with alcoholic drinks. As this subject is in the direct line of my studies and observation for several years, and as I have used tobacco for twelve years, until recently, I write only what I know and have seen.—Edwin P. Gleason, M. D.