Smoking on Street-Cars
By Editor
The Journal of the American Medical Association suggests that "when the question, 'Shall smoking be abolished on street-cars?' comes up for settlement with any city, there can be only one answer. From the point of view of hygiene and common cleanliness, to say nothing of the comfort of the majority, smoking on street-cars is an indefensible nuisance." We hope that the Journal, through its medical associates, will make a strong fight against tobacco-smoking in public places. The man who smokes in these days seems to have the feeling that he has the right of way, and that the individual who does not smoke is the nuisance, rather than himself. As rude as the most barbarous savagery, is the man who insists on puffing his vile tobacco smoke in the face of his fellows, and particularly in the faces of women.