The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1912-07-10
The Use of Tobacco by Boys

The ST. pel;ntcn1snt OF schools and
the e6ieor Of the Herald have cailea
|ean at.sn<t.n Of the public to ths eff
fess az the habitual use of tobacco on
ct sdenas in the schools. 1t has been
shown that the cause of failure to
|t,eke good Intellectually is due to the
fahtual use Of the weed.
These statements interest me very
much because I have made something
of a study of the relation of tobacco
Ito brains in boy life. There is no
ID ubt about the facts, but when al
most every man one meets on the
street is smoking, it is hard to get in
!a word of warning to the boys. New
ertheiass, at the earnest request of ed
ucators aud others, / wrote and puo-
lishel a pamphlet on "a Talk With
Boys About the Usel of Tobacco IN
'l5iO and two or three hundred of
these have been placed in the hands
OF as many boys. Once / was invited
10 speak to the boys of the high
school and. there attempted to explain
Tire bess,t eould tile actual results or
pSlIg tODGccO ny uoyS diiu S,ouNhc,s u
Uniformed constitution. I had cpn-
Guided that few people cared whether
our boys used tobacco or not and am
therefore very glad to note that the
question is up again.
In view of the fact that my dis
lsertation on the subject was brief and
said, by adult smokers, to be fair,
herewith present it here for whatever
light it may throw upon the case
Shall l Use Tobacco?
This is question nearly every boy
has to face and answer one way OF
another SO many people use the
weed that it has become a sort of
custom to smoke or chew. Railways
provide special smoking cars on the
road and smoking rooms in their sta
tons. Hotels, and some homes, pro-
vide separate rooms where men may
smoke. 40 a, hoy facing life the to-
hacco question is q real one. 1t al
most seems to him that If he is going
To be man anfengsj men he mus
learn to use tobaccb, q ~ Al -
What the Smoker Gains e,-,
=. There is said to be some temporal
pleasure in the moderate use of to-
Ibacco. 1t is chiefly a Axcial enjoyment
EkSwever. We hear some praise Of
smoking in literature and it is true
that a few of the worlds prominent
men have used tobacco. 1t has seem
ed to sooth some natures. 1t has ir-
ritated others, and ruined not a few
r..en because most smokers cannot use
tobacco in small quantities.
The Dangers Involved
1. Nicotine Poison
Every user of tobacco faces certain
dangers and the first one is nicotine
poisoning.
| Tobacco contains a poison called
nicotine 1t is said by eminent chem
! lists TO be one of the most powerful
nerve poisons known, II attacks the
heart and produces what is commonly
known as tobacco heart" Notice
what this learned doctor has to say
about it: ~.
Prof. Roberts bartholomew, NJ. A.,
NJ. D.. Ill. D., in the ninth edition OF
his "Materia Medica and Therapeus-
les" pages 693-695, says: Tobacco
/ is severe and very depressing naus-
cant anu emetic 1t is locally an irri-
tant to the mucous membrane, and
produces buring pain at the epigas-
trium (stomach.) Its active
principle nicotine. the salts of which
are crystalline, diffuse into the blood
with great rapidly. 1t corresponds
in the mode and intensity of its ac-
ton to prussic acid
Oniy u small portion OF this poison,
however, is contained IN an ounce of
| TOBACCO, and for this reason its d cad
J ly work is very slow and at FIRST I'M
Iperceptibi1 II is a subtle enemy and
works gradually resolving itself vir-
itualy into what is known as a slow
poison
=. Checks Physical Growth
The use of tobacco by school boys
and college students checks growth
in weight, height, chest girth and most
OF all in lung capacity. This has
been proven by experiments on coll
| lege students made by Doctors Seaver
of Yale and Hitchcock Of Amherst.
1.-THE smoker cannot escape the
poison of tobacco. 1t gets into his
blood, travels the whole round of
his system, interferes with the hearts
action and the general circulation. and
effects every organ and fibre of the
frame
8. Causes Failure Ia school Work
The principal Of the Technical
sSheoL Cincinnati. Ohio. ~ the 10th
snrusl catalogue. says
"Close observation for number
! OF yeara convinces ne that theIuse OF
tohacco hY boys IN their teeens Is she
prin, hui raase III failure. II lakes
irhe strength. Skaters the ntrNvs, and