Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-08

health by disturbing the work Of and
destroying the harmony b,twten the
various organs.
Mention has been made, In connec.
ton with the organs Of respiration, Of
the fact that tobacco smoking IL
destructive Of tue sense Of smell. The
ends Of the olfactory nerves, located in
tho upper portion OF the nasal cavity,
nfo baro 40 that the odorous PARTICLES
by which they are excited may come
into immediate contact with them,
thus rendering them easy victims TO
the cigarette, cigar or pipe. The
nerves Of taste, too, ATE Affected by
smoking aud chewing, the bonse o.
taste being seriously impaired. So
susceptible are these delicate nerves 10
the influence that even moderate users
Of tobacco are not capable of following
,he business Of lel casters. In which 10
Ia necessary to recognize delicate
/ ilav0rs.
Tobacco smoking also operates In.
iutiously on the auditory neryes,
or sense Of hearing, particularly
whore cigarettes IRE used; and the
sense Of touch Ia likewise subjected to
parnlyziug effect from tho came cause.
Tho optic nerves, connected with tue
useful sense Of sight, lose their power
through tobacco, form Of disease now
becoming common being that known
a3 tobacco blindness. Among the fret
symploms arc thois noted by Dr..
Richardson, before quoted, and color
blin1ness, which he followed by hnzl-
meas Of vision, aud finally partial or
complete less Of 5ighl.
In view Of the uniformly bad elect
which the tobacco habit has been
proved In our Investigation 10 have
upon the whole human systom, II may
not be- inopporluue 10 quote the words
Of an ardout advocate " tue wecd-a
writer In the latrs, edition VI Eucy.
clOi &c ia BriianuiUa-iust 90 chow how
some peuous, Ia their ongorntss to
say something In Qualification q the
habit, will 70 TO any length to excuse
their graft ncatiou OF AnIunwhol,some
appetite. Tho writer referred 10 ssys:
~ lowing that such incidental evils
may arise from oven comparatively
moderate Indulgence Ia tobacco, they
are after oil ~ nothing compared 10 the
vbst aggregate or gentle eEhilaratiOn,
soothing, anu social comfort, extracted
from tue Nirgluiau wCeI." Yet IN
the same paragraph he states that ils
use Especially produces symptoms OF
OF o. mia, palpitaliJn, Intermittent pulse,
anu other affections Of the heart and
circulation; It Ia an admitted fact that
a disease OF the yit.oG-,obaCC0 AN.
blyopia--.s contracted by smokers, anu
II not uncommon" II is easy TO under.
stand that a cousCitnliuus writer would
not ilirpantly describe NJ "nothlug"
heart disease, kidney complaint, lung
trouble, bliudness, nervous dlsoriotF,
aud other deadly physical lie, that he
mi lht praise as virtue the surveying
influence which the drug has upon the
brain, aud which Ia a itself ala evil at
which every man who loves health
and freedom from tho slavery OF appe.
lite stands RghasL
Careful and thorough Investigation
Of the tublee, has shown that 40 far NJ
the physical Organization Is concerned,
tue Lord declared to mau En imporl-
ant truth when h0 said; "robacco j.
not good Tor the body" Men Of skill
aud learning have demonstrated by
their inquiries tho accuracy Of the
divine abatement, and have added
their solemn warning to their fellow
mon. The tobacco habit AMI IT,
avoidauouare separate roads. The latter
isln the domaiuot health anu presoryg.
ton from owl; the former leads the
tobacco user TO slavery, bodily suiler.
ing, nud fatal disas,er. The character
Of is destination IL imprinted up1n
the road ~ every Stage, by natuge'8
lows, o. manifested 10 tho ~ effects
upon mans physical being. Whatever
may be- the yalus Of the weed for sick
cattle, or 10 destroy insects, or for
other uses, science anu nature alike
ro.otno the divine law that, taken into
his syslom Ia any form, tobacco IL
not good Tor man.n