The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1900-10-25
FHE ENPICING CIGAnErTIi.
IL IL One of the Greatest Foes to Our
American BOyhOOd and Manhood.

Not since tho days whom tho first
Eden was robbed Of its joys has q
creator foo arisen than tho foul physi.
cal, mental and moral destroyer, the
cigarette. Alcoholic drink has done
and Is now doing great destruction to
the human family, but In my opinion
tobacco In It's various forms OF use, and
especially the poisonous cigarette,
leads moro eifectually In destroying tho
manhood and especially tho bOyhood Of
our land
Thousands OF deaths occur annually
among our men and boys as q result OF
tho uso Of tobacco. Cigarettes produce
heart failures and constantly reduce
the circulation. Tho cigarette and
also tobacco impairs muscular force,
produces nmnurOsis, which is a loss or
decay Of sight without any visible do
lect IN the appearance OF the oyc, do
stroys slowly and permanently the
power OF the optic nerve, produces
color blindness and delirium tromens.
One OF tho snddcst cases | WAS eyer
called to attend professionally was
that OF a man In his strength Of days,
an cldcr in tho Presbyterian church,
who died with tobacco tromons. And
there WAS lG-ycar.old boy whose
death WINS the result OF tho lOul ciga.
rcttc.
Tobacco produces smokers' cancer
and insanity. The facts are appalling
in The highest degree as TO tho elects
both physical and mora! upon our man
hood and bOyhoOd OF tobacco and ciga-
rctto poi son. Un.css radical steps are
taken by tho State and society TO ar
rest and overcome this pcrniclOus
habit, it will only be Il brief question
OF time until we shall havo nation OF
wcaklings and omasCulated manhood.
Careful analysis OF tho stomach OF Gig
arctic smokers shows acid, ph0sphor-
Gus and arsenic. These drugs arc
largely used in tho manufacture OF pa
per used in the cigarette business.
Again cigarette tobacco Is strongly
impregnatcd with opium. The con.
slant use OF tobacco In any form will
produce functional arrangement Of tho
digestive, CirCuHtOry and nervous sys-
toms, producing headache, confusion
OF Intellect, loss OF memory, dullness,
stupor and indispositi0n to muscular
or mental labor. Here is tho strong
point m"nifcstly displayed in our
young women who are taking tho
honors in our high schools and col
legcs. They have clear brains, not
bcnumbcd by cigarette or tobacco
smoke. No man ever has or will reach
cally who becomes slave to tobacco.
The cigarette subtly combines u
threcfO)d deadly bane as fatal to un-
wary youth as tho poisoned garment OF
Nessus to tho unsuspecting Hercules
Ninety pCr cont. OF our men and boys
arc tobacco worms. Heart disease on
tiia increase, ana loss Of eyesght has
reached an alarming stage. a large
per cent. or those cases can be traced
TO the use OF tobacco and nicotine pol
son also TO the uncrring and incontro-
vcrtahlc law OF hcrcdity. Nourotic
Diseases arc on the increase and weak
traccablc to this Niagara stream OF
death that Is flowing through our world
to. day.
The tobacco habit stimulates tho ap-
petite for alcoholic drinks. My obsor-
walton has been that no man dies
from intoxication VINO is not tobacco
user. AS IL member OF tho medical
profession for many years, ! wish to
| say the medical profession is greatly
addicted to the tobacco habit, and yo
no compe tonL medical man would thinh
Of prescribing as medicine this narcot
| ic poison.
No woman who expects to bccom
tho mother Of children should eve
marry cigarette or tobacco user
And no young or old man should owe
become father whose blood is thick
cncd and poisoned by nicotine. Th
science Of medicine and the lrrefutabl
laws OF hcredity leave no room TO
doubt as TO the duty Of society and tn
State, In taking Legislative stops 70
saving our youth from this deadl,
upas treo.-C. II. ST. John, in Unioi
Signal.