The Independent. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1895-1905, 1900-10-29
Warning Upon the Cigarette.

almost virulent. 1t is inspired OF
hatred for all tobacco, concern for
the bodies and souls OF all users OF
the weed; but particularly, hatred
OF the cigarette, and fear that the
consumer thereof is working out
his own undoipg A league has
been organized to spread the in
formation that the cigarette is
deadly;, that while it yellows the
fingers, it blights the Intellectual
parts, stunts the moral, warps the
spiritual, and leaves the physical a
wreck
Much nonsense has been written
about the cigarette. 1t is often OF.
fensive, to be sure, and that it may
INDUCED in to an extent markedly
injurious can not be denied. So
may any ether habit that has an
effect upon the nerves. To tan the
stomach by continual floods OF tea,
or mar the equanimity OF the liver
by the taking in Of coffee at all
times, is not only as possible but far
more common. Doubtless many
members OF the reformatory league,
their noses tilted to catch, ard co
rebuke, the fumes OF tobacco, are
addicted to excessive use OF tea or
coffee. The emotion which they
think righteousness is simply irrit.
ability. Bad temper leads them to
attempt to regenerate the social mo-
rale, while all they need is a mod
Grafton of appetite and change OF
drinks. Perhaps they would find
an occasional cigarette s. othing
and beneficial.
The evil Of the cigarette is that
the article is 80 easily procured that
small boys can get it, and thus &C.
quire the practice OF smoking, mex
pensiyely and by easy stages carry
ing them to the stage of cigar and
pipe. That the cigarette in itself,
employed in moderation, is I'M
healthful, has not been proved.
Doctors write theses about it, but
many OF them, unless graduated to
the more potent cigar, are devoted
to it. 1t might make small boy
sick, but its effect upon the ma.ured
system is slight. Therefore The at.
tempt to banish the cigarette, un-
less effort be confined to the admo
milton and spsnting OF youth,
strikes the unbiased ju lgment as
childish.
Nave ihele,', the league. strenu-
ously operative in good Chicago,
has il scr,bed On its banner "The
Cigarette Must Co." With fervor
almost political in intensity it
points with pride at the legend,
after having Gully viewed with
alarm. An etfact OF this has been
that many firms have interdicted
the use OF cigarettes by employees
la the li.t, so far embracing sixty
six, there appear railroad companies.
banks, brokers, manu- facturers, ex.
press and ackilg companies, and
merchants. TIL, league is sending
out blanks to employers, asking
them not to give positionsto cigar.
cite smokers. All of which, with
due regard for the goodness OF the
motive, strikes the unbiased as wan
ton meddling. When a man seeking
work is asked if he smokes cigar
cites, he is apt to be conscious OF an
impulse to reply that it is none OF
the inquirer's business. Else, II
bread and butter depend on the
outcome, he is tempted to lie; yield
ing to which temptation he COM
mits greater sin than by the act
Of smoking.
There are many situations during
the occupancy OF which smok ing
would be manfestly out al place.
A clerk waiting upon a customer,
an accountant whose time is paid
for would have no right to smoke
and no impulse to do 70. After
Office hours, however, the question
Of nnnkinn or NOT annLinn In liz