The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1904-04-02
The Cigaret
Habit
go o. O. - 90 80
7 "A New Peril AS
BY c.. Il. lIUBBELL..

OCAL newspapers uf recent
% date contained dispa1 chrS from
n London stating that II current
~ Issue of the Tendon Times in
! cuded Il manifesto demanding
legislation by Parliament look
S.De ling 10 the prevention of Juvenile
500. cgaret smoking, and added that
IAN entire. column of that intllI-
entail Journal was required to
rumtnin the names of the SignrrS of the
petition. 1t was stated that the list ill.,
cIudyl Peers Bishops. Judges. the lead
any head masters 81 colleges and medical
officers.
This is an encouraging development TO
fhp men and women i'll this country who
realize the serious menace that this com
~ ntively new vice has assumed.
twenty-five Years ago tn" sale of Gig
s,Ir;> in this country was comparatively
tn Il. Their us. WAS first observed
IN ,Hg the stud, MS of the Rensselaer,
fr'vt"chnic Institute at Troy. y. v,
which waS and still is rGltl0nized extern
rJvr'y by CubauS and South Americans
7 IT, tI@Irot habit AMI the inhaling habit
..lIrtd from that point until Eow it is
mai devastating tU the health and
nuH.G7 of boys ami young men than any
halit or vice that can be named.
Til" astonishing feature Of the situa-
'I"n j. that SO comparatively few people
y,mliZr the inlpHI> that ii has already
uia e. On the health. morals AMI possible
ties of usefulness uf our American youth
OLn explanation Of This. in my opinion,
- contained in til" fact that very large
'unli',r of physicians in every community
Ne addicted t. the cigarct and the in
mailing habit, aal naturally are hundi
"Hlf.rrI i'll the influence that they should
"X,it in advisin" and slpprc>Sing this
alarming evil. 1t is seldom that one
Inr, Is Il medical student who is not bane
fully addicted to this vice. and once the
"igarCt habit becomes established its ser
vltudc is almost certain and amending.
Thc writer of this article has NO Sliev
ru', against the rational, reasonable and
normal use Of tobacco by th0>. who have
tF'arh"d an age when the period of ply
t'ic:l growth ard development has been
,A~>a'd and who can honestly provide the
Inv"Us Of indulgiRg in IL habit that. while
Eot t. be Unfortunately commended. is
III the opinion of most physicians com
ilarAtvcly harmless under such condi-
lions.
The writer in using terms 'ratioIal and
normal" means that the one indul ging in
Ehir habit shall never inhalc the smoke
Mucl niSapprehcnSion exists in the pub
Nc mind on the subject of the cigarct
W" hear it stated not infrequcrtly that
Che ciguret is deadly. because it contains
opium, on because the paper wrapper is
very injurious. | am persuaded that the
ASSIGNED
Tn manufacturer could not afford To put
opium in his product ut the price he re-
cCiv,> for his goods. None OF the cheaper
@I1.h> of cigarotS contain opium ~ amy
VI it, products. The cigmrct is deadly
hr,au.e ii breeds the inhaling habit,
which is the foundation of all the evils:
III ut accompany indulgence in This vice.
r. idvrm'c ,.-IItt smoker almr,t i'm
m,,ijic.y learns to inhalc til, smoke
y u"r cignr,' smoker in twenty. |
v ,''r to ass, A.. lis,.' them in amy ether
wa. nd when ,lcr the victim has ..n-
puiI tn" inhaling habit in connection
VIA ri@HrrtS. IL" can seldom SECURE. any
81 elton with lpc or cigar without
'w!u,-.0g his ilhlliEg rrorrl~tr>, The
"I|"l smoker draws the smoke into his
nrHH and expos it. with H. IT. ,u,t that
IL luimrm "f the pIol,uct> e cninhl,I
4. IN. fi,jinr, the volatile oils
egg INr dpa1lE carbon mnrpNii" Coz
g't rrc hl> circulation. | honestly be-
li,', HAT very few healthy adults are in
iui.l - II reasonable use Of to- in
th' 50 = GcSirih, |. The cigarrt smoker,
laF'y r, takes Il deep limitation Of the
III which ut once REACHES the upper
mir p'.~H@rs Ct the lungs. where almost