The Monitor-register., 1896-12-04
The Tobacco Habit.

rom seetlODs reIatlV6 TO 6no a0O'
subject read by Anna E. Pancoast in IL
local Union on the 18 th inst, we quote
the following:
There is no doubt that the experienc
Of the superintendents of a Pbiladelphia
school-that out of 5000 pupils very
large majority of the boys used tobacco
could be paraleled by well-nigh all of
our school superintendents.
Passing along the street one evening
recently. 1 overheard A.. boy. OF perhaps
twelve years say to another of his age
who was smoking Cigar: "Oh, dear,
wish I bad a,chaw of tobacco and we
know. this is no exception. The practice
has Increased to such an extent, and is
attended with such alarming results that
it is being prohibited in a few of our
schools, and legislation is being brought
to bear upon it. "The L sgislative
Assembly of Germany has strictly inter-
dic.ed the use of tobacco to ali youth
under sixteen years of age. This prohi.
bition is based on the fact that tobacco
lessons the future capacity of service TO
the State, especially in military life. !"
All honor to the New Jersey Assembly
and Senate. which has passed bill to
prevent the sale of cigarettes to minors
under, sixteen years of age, making such
sale an offensee punishable by fine or
i'm pryson u,av,h4 TIT, XIII -, tbo oeS...
of singular instance of the evil effects
of cigarette smoking developed in Jersey
City. The son of welEknown Jersey,
politician was %esirous of entering the
Annapolis Naval Academy. had passed
bis examination, but he was rejected on
the ground of physical disability. 1t was
found that the glands of his throat had
been destroyed and bis tonsils eaten
away on account of excessive cigarette
smoking. :.
Well authenticated instapoes of like
Eterror might be quoted almost without
d umber. but it is the direct influence
which the use of tobacco exerts 10 the
formation of the alcohol habit that we
wish to direct attantion. ~ s's sf'@'
Long ago King James gave it it's right
| full place when he declared in his
"Counterblast to Tobacco that tsTo-
bacco is as you use or rather abuse it,
branch Of the sin OF drunkenness which
is the root of all SINS"
DR.. John Lizars, of England, says:
| Smoking, even in what is called q
moderate degree, is, to say the least of it,
indirectly injurious, more especially to
| the young, because it is not denied it acts
as an inducement to drinking, thus
becoming the source of intemperance and
all its accompanying evils. 1t is notorious
that the practices are almost without
Exception. inssparably associated"
Another English physician says:
4 "After fifty years of most extensive
and varied practice in my profession. 1
have Soome to the conclusion that smok-
ing is q main cause of running our young
men, pauperizing the working men and
rendering comparatively useless the best
efforts of ministers of religion. The
proverbial drunkenness of our country
men can only be arrested by laying the
axe at the root of the tree of the superin-
Quoting cause.-the thirst creating power
of tobacco"
4 sIu the practice of smoking there is no
small danger. 1t tends to produce q
huskiness of the, mouth which calls for
some liquid. Water is too insipid. as the
perves of taste are in half palsied state
from the Influence of the tobacco smoke;
hence, in order to be tasted, an article Of
a pungent or stimulating character is
resorted to. and hence the kindred habits
of smoking and dldrinking."
| A reformed dman testifies that "Smok.
ing and chewing produce continual
thirst for stimulating drinks. and this
tormenting thirst led me into the habit Of
drinking ale, porter. brandy and other
kinds of spirits. After l, had subdued
appetite for tobacco l lost all desire
4 for stimulating drinks"
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