The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1891-01-03
THE CIGARETTE HABIT.
Why tho Little Fapor Roll Obtains o Fn.
tai Power O>or Young Mon.

Wn7 CnC ktttIo tApor hOLt ODtntn9 q Ens
tai Power O>or Young Mon.
Woman lives longer than man, goes
insane less numerously, commits suicide
ono-third as ofton, makes one-tenta the
demand on the public purse for support
in jails. prisons and alms-houses, and in
every regard rnanifosts potentiality
above that OF man, says Mr.. S. F. Hershey
in n recent article.
This is IN observed fact in tho genora-
ton now passing, and it will DO yot
moro so in tho rising generation. The
physical and mental fl Der of tho young
mon Is weakening. Contributory to this
is tho disgusting habit of cigarette
smoking. The hour is como for seri-
Gus consideration of this evil. Parents
should be appraised of tho danger await
ing their boys. School boards should
instruct their teachers to begin yigor-
GUS crusade. Demands should no mado
upon Legislative bodies to enact laws to
stay the widespread and growing use OF
these Notwithstanding OWLS.
Last year tho informal revenue from
cigarettes was over 81. 600, 900. Tho in
crease over tho year before was S145, OO0
And this indicates tho increase Of the
consumption of the deadly article. Dur
Ing tho year boys and young men con-
sumed 1850. coo, 600 OF these little paper
rolls OF poison. There arc multitudcs
OF boys, not yet grown, who smoke from
twenty to sixty day While the pop
ulation OF the country was increasing
about 1,500, 600 during the year tho
consumption OF cigarettes Increased
nearly 500, 900, 600.
All cigarettes ntain, according to
Prof. Latin, a competent scientist and
chemist, tivo distinct poisons. Throo Of
these are tho most deadly oils. one in
the paper wrapper, one in tho nicotine,
and the third, and tho worst, in tho
havoring. The other poisons, arc salt
petcr and opium. Tho smoker draws
the smoke into his lungs. a brown stain
is being deposited continually upon his
throat and lungs, and it is combined
coating mado OF all tho five poisons.
In time this frequently stains tho very
skin, showing that the whole system is
permeatcd by it.
Tho main reason why the cigarette
obtains so fatal power over young
mon is because of the opium in it, Tho
little paper roll seems to soothe, when
in fact it is paralyzing the very forces
OF life. a confirmed cigarette smoker
shows the appearance and actions of tho
opium cater. Misery, insanity or death,
ono or another, is suro to result. Such
are some of the recent occurrences con-
nected with this dangerous habit
dozcn boys made insane by cigarette
smoking have within u short time been
confined in the Napa Call hospital for
the insane. Walter Fletcher died at
Louisville the other day of cigarette
poisoning. The brightest boy in his
class, he began year ago to smoke,
fifty to sixty day. lie was stricken
down with heart disease, directly
brought on by smoking. a Young
man of sixteen died in Phila-
dolphia. His habit was to smoke
twenty a day. A post norton
showed that death was due to conges-
ton of the brain from cigarette poison.
fine young man of Troy drops dead
Aftor death one of his veins burst; the
blood was black as ink. Several ply
sicians said it was cigarette poisoning
cigarette bill has recently passed
tho Georgia Legislature. 1t makes it
crime to soil OF give cigarette paper
to any minor. Illinois has such a law
also. The city of Frankfort, Ky, pro-
hibits tho entire sale of cigarettes This
shows how it is regarded by careful log
islators.
business managers of largo common
cial enterprises begin TO understand
that tho habit incapacitates for business.
prominent business house in an cast
crn city has a sign over the head CASH
icr's desk: mo Notwithstanding By
our men," AS result couple OF hun
bred clerks arc said to be superior to
those Of other houses in the Same limo
/, Of business. Chicago News.