There is a great deal of commotion among churchmen in our day about nuclear energy and its possible cancer effects, but hardly a word is said about the evil of smoking.
Cigarettes defile the human body.
The smoker is committing suicide on the installment plan. The most familiar troublemakers in tobacco smoke are tar, nicotine, and carbon monoxide. There are also several lesser-known cancer producing substances. Recently nitrogen dioxide and hydrogen cyanide have been recognized in cigarette smoke. Nicotine is such a deadly poison that it is the main ingredient in many insecticides.