p. 11 | THE CIGARET POISON

Pacific Press Publishing Company · OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA · Sep 26, 1900

FromSigns of the Times, Vol. 26, No. 39.

THE CIGARET POISON.

THE teacher of a public school in Chicago found that eighty of her scholars smoked from two to twenty cigarets a day. Only six of these boys were able to do good work in their classes. The victims of the cigaret habit confessed that they were suffering constantly from headache, drowsiness, and dizziness.

Many declared they could not write well because their hands trembled. A number were "shaky" when they walked, and unable to run for any distance. They could not rouse themselves to meet the examination test. The teacher reported that they were sure to fail if asked to memorize anything. Several of the smokers were from four to five years too old for their grade, and it was found that after they began to smoke their progress ceased. Except in three instances, the scholars hardest to discipline were smokers. Truancy and theft were directly traced to indulgence in the habit. Boys who had reformed and joined the Anti-Cigaret Society said they "felt like different boys."—Youth's Companion.