Mower County transcript. [volume] (Lansing, Minn.) 1868-1915, 1882-11-29
THE TOBACCO QUESTION.

-. M. Buley is at the head of French
association whose object is to decry the
use of tobacco, and the title of the Or
ganization is "La Societe Contre PAbus
de TaDac.'' The weed is inveighed
against in it's ccouomic and hygienic as
poets. Franz spends every year in
tobacco 352, $50, ,O00f., or about $50, ,000,-
900. Before 1880 French people were
only moderate smokers, though great
snuffers, hut since that period, though
snufing has sensibly diminished, smok
ing has enormously increased. Chewing
is rare in France, bang considered;as a
coarse habit, carriers and sailors only be-
ing masticators of the weed. In France
the government, recognizing how uni
versal is the habit OF smoking, gives
every one Of her soldiers, for his 10
days Of consumption, 100 gram mes of
smoking tobacco, tabac de cantlnc, for
which he is charged only 3 cents. TO
provide the soldiertwith tobacco is con-
sidered by some French military authori-
ties as~almost necessity In Gen.
Brack's s'Traite des Avant Postes'' he
insists that the cavalry soldier should
cultivate the use Of tobacco, as it makes
him more. alert and indifferent to hun.
ger or thirst. In opposition to this DR..
Blanchet, an army; surgeon, insists that,
inquiring into the efects.of smoking in
the ranks, the illness Of many men could
be traced toscthe abuse Of tobacco. It
produced ulcers of the lips, the mouth,
tongue, and nose, necrosis, gastralgia,
gastritis, and enteritis, with vertigo,
mental debility, aod even transient at
tacks Of maniasx It should be noticed
that 6the Frenoh surgeon ,zcites all
these ills as arising from the abuse
Of tobacco. Sir benjamin Brodie
thought that tobacco in moderation
acted as sedative on the nervous sys-
tenn, especially when in condition of
excitement, worry, or physical fatigue,
but that its abuse brought with it many
terrible diseases. Experiences in our
civil, war induced the same conclusions.
Over use Of any stimtlant is hurtful,
and there are many men, strictly TEN.
perate, who were not smokers who are
suffering to-day from nervous diseases
brought on by The over-1,se ii strong
coffee, taken by tlem while inaservice.
Is cigarette smoking fuftful2es That ID
a question often discussed. We are to.
day among the great cigarette smokers
of the world. If cigarettes be prejudi.
cial to health, it must arise from the
paper. Now, this paper can he nothing
else than pure i8npse e-or wood tibre,a II
! ii we're made Of hemp, there might POS
sibly arise some source of danger to The
tsmoker. th6agh it is quite unlikely thai
any of the pernicious qualities of heml
would; sq9}ryiye; the manufacturing pro.
cesses paper pulp is put to. Such pyro
liugneoqs sdistl latiops: as, come from tht
paper could hardly be more hurtful thar
those arising from the tobacco itself
Where the danger Of cigarettes arises il
from their-e}lenpness; which permits tot
many of them to be smoked, and becaus.
4 thsy seltins fp p1ss by .etasas 4 I
'Eah ra1fks Who are not more than 10 years
old. Smoking when indulged in by boy
rs as pefnicious habit as if they com
: smencedg to tigple, ttstqpts their growth
Idektr6ys.digesti66 ,obscuresE vision, and
rendering. them, nervous, induces ther
ITO seek such stimnlant as can be foun
n,alcoholic.fRidsry YTyrsgsr
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j, .,...z THE EFFEQrs OF FORESTS.
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