The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1898-11-22
THE TOBACCO HABIT.
HAVE YOU GOT 1T, AND DO YOU
WANT 70 LOSE TIT

of the Humbie Peanut.
However fantastic my particular
method of dealing with the tobacco hab-
It may seem ON paper it will effect a
sure il faithfully carried out. In the
first place, be sure that your patient
really desires to break Off the habit Of
using tobacco. In the second place, re-
member that your patient will react ac-
sording to the impression your manner
makes upon his mind. II you speak
| lightly of your method Of treating him,
he will hold that method in small es-
TEEN. Therefore, speak impressively,
and IL he smiles at your modus operandi
frown him into decent humility.
Suggestion alone is not sufficient to
hold the average tobacco user, and you
will therefore add material medicine
in the shape of-peanutsl Yes, my
friend, ludicrous as the idea seems, there
lies in the vulgar peanut a charm to sap
the power of "My Lady Nicotine" and
free the fettered slave.
In all drug habits there are two con-
ditions to ombat-physica and men,
tai, or physiological and psychological.
l use peanuts to offset the physical crav.
ing and suggestion to calm tho mind.
What is the condition of the user Of
tobacco il the weed is withdrawn? It is
important to understand this, because
there Is but q slight variation in one
dozen cases from the average
The condition Is one Of mental un-
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business. The withdrawal of tobacco
acts a. withdrawal of a powerful
nerve tonic. because this weed, used
first an nerve sedatiye, becomes by
force Of usage nerve stimuIant. Let
us take the mental condition first under
consideration. / do not try to put to-
bacco user to sleep, because it is an un-
necessary performance, but give him
positive suggestions while he is sitting
opposite me to the following effect:
That it will be easy to break him of
the habit.
That he will not suffer, despite the
fact that he has tried to break off pre-
viously, but has failed ON account of |
the discomfort ensuing.
pitied or sympSthized with, because he
will not be called upon to display any
heroic qualities Of endurance.
That if he follows directions he will |
not suffer from nervousness or "sink-
ings" at the pit Of the stomach.
That he will begin at once to gain in
weight; that his memory will be sharp.
er and more tenacious, and that his di.
gestive organs will regsiE tone: that
his nerves will be as s,stI his muscles
rs iron and his Complexion will lose the
muddy hue which mars it's comeliness.
That the habit is uncleanly--in fact,
legrading-and that its qualification
entails gross waste Of money. What
tight has he to literally burn his income
when his wife is compelled to wear a
gown that is out of date?
Thus. then, do prepare the patients
mind for the lightness Of the task be-
fore him, laying special stress upon the
'act that he will at no time consider
himself an object of compassion or self
pity, for il he believe himself to be per-
forming deed Of no small heroism he
will suffer agonies, whereas il his abne-
cation 10 ignored and taken as a matter
IF course he will react accordingly
Now, az to the physical symptoms,
hey will be but slight if the above
preparation Of the mind is properly
done and will show themselves in coca
ional pains about the region of the
lsart. sinking at the pit of the stomach,
a lsssitude. weak and accelerated pulse
md muscular twitchings. Nervousness,
jumping at sudden noise and irrita>
oility of temper will be in evidence, but
will DO greatly modified by suggestion.
Prescribe peanuts, to be eaten slowly,
and continually. He must
DO occupied. Busy him therefore with
peanuts, He would, if left alone, think
tobacco. He must, on the contrary,
hink peanuts. Has he a loathing for
All the better. He will learn
20 love them for their nutritious quail
lies and intrinsic favor. Does his stom-
lch rebel on the second or third day?
Has he biliousness or collie? 1t is still
we'll, because no man when bilious de.
Iires tobacco.
Observe that you are supplying him
with material for his digestive organs
10 work upon, and thss his jaws are
rot idle. There is no vacuum, and there
will be under this regimen no sinking
It the pit of the stomach. A feeling of
'ullneFs perhaps, a plethoric condition,
/ sense of safety, but this is exactly
what wo desire to bring about. Keep
he system busy and at work; keep the
mind at rest
All, my friends, how true it is that
he mouse may gnaw the ropes that
bind the lion Even the plebeian peanut
nay be the means of restoring harmony
10 an afflicted household have known .
his humble agent, taken according to
directions, stretch strong men upon beds
If sickness from which they rose in the
course of day or two clean of heart
md purged of the craving for tobacco.
have known of others whose stomaohs
we're not upset and who went their way
ejoicing and waved fat speedily.
! have never known of q failure If
he above directions were carried out.
The tobacco habit is not worthy to be
lassed as drug habit Sydney Flow