Dr. Rush. "Tobacco even when used with moderation may cause dyspepsia, headache, tremor and vertigo," and "seldom fails of impairing the voice."
Dr. Mussey. "The habitual use of tobacco in either of its forms of quid, snuff or cigar, is apt to induce a sense of weakness, sinking in the stomach, dizziness or pain in the head, dimness or loss of sight, paleness or sallowness of countenance, swelling of the feet, an enfeebled state of the voluntary muscles, a hoarseness of the voice, disturbed sleep, nightmare, epileptic and convulsive fits, confusion and weariness of the mental faculties, peevishness and irritability of temper, instability of purpose, seasons of great depression of the spirits, long fits of unbroken melancholy and despondency, and in some cases entire and permanent mental derangement."
Dr. Harris. It has been remarked by the eminent Dr. Warren and other distinguished surgeons, that a very large majority of those cancers that occur on the lips and about the mouth and face, are seen in persons that are addicted to the excessive use of tobacco."
"Other things being equal, it is much more difficult to manage and control any important disease in a user of tobacco than in a person who is not habituated to such indulgence."
"No tobacco-user ever escapes the penalty of his folly."
"How can a true Christian indulge in such a hurtful luxury?"
"The principles of Christian politeness forbid the use of tobacco as a luxury in any form or mode whatever."
Dr. Stevenson. "It is ruinous to intellect. In all its forms it appears to be deleterious."
Gov. Sullivan. "It has never failed to weaken the power of my mind in analyzing subjects and defining ideas."
Rev. Mr. Fowler. "The loss of intellectual power, from the use of tobacco, in this Christian nation is immense."
Dr. Alcott. "No class of men think more tardily than old tobacco-mongers. Tobacco neither permits the accumulation of ideas, nor the free motion of those which have already obtained a lodgment in the mind."
The use of tobacco "defrauds one's self." "It defrauds one's family." "It blinds the moral sensibility." "It sears the conscience. It makes men the slaves of appetite. It defrauds society. It robs God."
Hon. John Quincy Adams. "I have often wished that every individual of the human race afflicted with this artificial passion, could prevail upon himself to try but for three months the experiment I have made! sure that I would turn every acre of tobacco land into a wheatfield, and add five years of longevity to the average of human life."
Messrs. Editors:—Such is the testimony of the eminent men quoted, in relation to the habit named; and you will confer a favor upon suffering humanity if you will appropriate for the above selections, some corner of your invaluable paper.—Vt. Chron.