The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1914-06-29

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vertisement TO Mr.. Ford with the
terse comment writte- On its face.
"Of course the paper has no poison
till it's burnt This is absurd
In his letter on this subject written
TO Mr.. Ford last April, Mr. Edison
in cigarettes comes principally from
the burning paper wrapper The sub
stance formed thereby is called aero
leln. The letter then described the
effects OF this poison when inhaled in
smoking.
$50 you see said e. G.. Leibold,
private secretary to Henry Ford,
commenting on the situation TO The
Times there has been no statement
made 10 the effect that poisonous ma
terials are used in the manufacture
of cigarettes. The men who have
carried the discussion off on that tack
simply have missed the issue.
Some who at least recognize this
fact make the statement that cooks
would inhale acrolein in cooking or
ganic matter. such as in the frying
OF meat. But cooking is not burning
| doubt if anyone would inhale the
fumes Of any such substances even if
they were in process OF combustion.
and that is necessary before acrolein
is formed.
Notice that we in this campaign
never have maintained that any or
all cigarettes contain impurities. but
we do contend that all are injurious
to boys who use them.
Both Mr. Ford and Mr. Edison
daily are receiving by the score let
ters OF encouragement and congratu-
lation for the work that is being done.
Copies OF Mr.. Edison's letter are be
ing sent to the public schools Other
copies will be posted in the Y. NJ. G.
AS i'm all cities in the country and
the question has been taken mp with
the Boy Scouts of America with the
purpose OF enlisting them in the cam
paign. We have the support OF all
thinking people interested in bring
ing up their boys without allowing
them TO acquire the harmful habit OF
using cigarettes"
The advertisement from the New
York Times already referred TO con
tanned a quotation from the London
Lancet a high medical authority
tending to show that in some respects
cigarettes are less injurious than
cigars or a pipe. However, Dr. T. ID.
Crothers. Of Hartford, Conn, in a let
ter TO Mr. Leibod.-calls attention to
the fact that such conclusion is had
only by taking picked sentences from
the article in the Lancet in which
there are other sentences that give
no support to cigarettes or any other
IF hnr
Referring 10 an investigation of
this subject carried out in Germany,
Dr. Crothers wrote THE govern
ment ordered an examination. the con
clusion of which was that the great
danger from cigarettes consisted in
the combustion being carried on so
close to the mouth, and the ABSORB
tion OF all the products and slow
poisoning This fact has been con
firmed amply in many ways There
can be no defense made OF tobacco
on scientific grounds, and every effort
TO diminish its use and enlighten the
public is 10 be encouraged as mission
airy work of the grandest character"
In the current number of the Med
ical Journal Is an article by DR.
Crothers which is in part as follows
me EFFORT 10 draw dividing lines
and say that tobacco is safe up TO
certain point in some persons. and
beyond that In excessive quantities is
yeritable poison, is always fail
ure. The extreme poisonous effects Of
tobacco have beginning and growth
and development the same as any
other toxins There can be no ques
tion that cigarette smoking Is the
most perilous OF all forms OF tobacco
Experience and observation are
united in this conclusion that the
cigarette user is the most degenerate
and palsied OF all users Of tobacco
My conclusions based on the study
OF very large number OF persons,
are that the effects of smoking on
young men and boys are decidedly in.
furious and dangerous in the long
run. In this I have seen no excep-
tons