The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1889-07-20
FRENCH AUTHORS On SMOKING. !:
Various Opinions Concerning the Ell
feet ofTobacco on Mind and Body.

+ feet of Tobacco on Mind and BONy.
The secretary IF the French Anti
TOBACCO Lsagpc, Which'is crying very
fhard just EnpV 70 eioduceR the smok-
ers az France to cease smoking, nc Gently
asked the most famous French authors
to send him by letter their opinions
concerning the effects Of smoking upon
1.-The mind and,t bully. Most sofs the
'Ereplies ID the secretary's letters hsr-
tmonized with the views Of the League.
Emile lola, however, wron:
"Ten years ago gave up tobacco at
the instance Of my doctor. ! do not
believe, however, that the intelligence
and the creative strength of man are
injured by smoking. Perfection Is so
stupid that am often sorry l ceased
smoking
u Francois Ooppee replied:
4 stYou have the wrong man this
! time. have been heavy smoker
} since my eighteenth year. I am now
forty-seven. 1 smoke cigarettes all
, day, but throw each one away after q
few pufYs. TIL proof of the, contrary is
2 adduced, l shall regard tobacco as an
3 incentive to working and dreaming
= which, for poet, are one and the
same thing"
Q Alexander Dumas, the younger,
& sent reply afser the seclctary's own
heart. He said:
I ecrobacco, which gave up many
q years ago, IL next to alcohol, the mos
:. dangerous enemy Of intelligence
Nothing can abolish its use, however
for the fools are in great majority, and
g they have nothing TO lose by using It,
}. Since your society is not after the fool
j. may II strive to convert the wise.'
u II. Tame confesses thus:
"The fact is, 1 smoke cigarettes. /
% is q pastime in moments of thought
1t lessuess aud intellectual waiting
n Nevertheless the habit is SLAYER,
,r aud danger, as many examples show
le Since you know all about the evils c
y smok ing, you ought to prepare valu
If able monograph on the abuses OF to
sr bacco, especially II you can collect dat
from Germany, America, Eaglant
'e Austria aud Holland, where the pee
pie smoke much more than in France.
ID Andre Theniret wrote:
ar al was never a member of II
,e League, for the simple reason that
n. a,n passionately fond of smoking. NV
n years ago your president asked me
le write short story about the acu
I'd sufferipgs of the young smoker. i di
a it. After publishing tho story l r.
es ceived a silver medal from YOU
IN league, That is all I ever had 10 {
~ with the enemies of tobacco"
re Emile Angler replied curt'y:
no 81 am no doctor. All l can say is, TIL
after smoking forty years l gave l
of the soft opiate because it was hurryiu
of me to the brink Of the grave befc
my time"
;e- Octave Feuiliet indicates the gener
1t drift of opinion among many 9th
he authors, who answered the secretary
re letters, in these strong words concer
tn ing his own experience:
is 81 was once II great smoker, Il,
he cured my self of tho use of tobac
nd with difficulty. l was driven to I'll
of sacrifice, however, by vertigo and dy
pepsia, which afflicted me as long as
Is smoked. was long unwilling to b
q, lieve that nicotine caused my Hines
d: but l was compelled finally
IL ack nowledye it. According to my e
as perience, tobacco ia very Injurious
a. nervous persons. II causes at first 8
er agreeable excitement, but eventual
FAR produces general relaxation.
is weakens the capabilities Of the min
The effort necessary to rally from
les wearies and consumes the VIII power
ar
Nv The San Francisco Call of rcce
rts date says: Monday last was the f,
ro- tieth anniversary OF the arrival in Il