The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-31
best exnonent. Of the same.


"One case. a boy is years old. smoked
twenty-five to thirty cigarettes a day;
his pulse was 12S and irregular: he was
a candidate for pitcher on the baseball
nine. but found that nervousness, irri-
liability and lack OF endurance inter-
fered seriously with his efforts to win
place on the team. After three weeks
of total abstinence from tobacco his
pulse was ninety and regular, he i'm
proved rapidly In steadiness. control and
endurance, and won the coveted place
on the team.
MANY similar cases could be cited to
show that tobacco is injurious to grow
ing youths and TO prove the conten-
ton that no efforts should be spared
10 influence boys and young men to
abstain from it's use"
Charles II. Towns. superintendent OF
he Towns Hospital. New York
Tobacco, directly and indirectly. Is
the biggest possible factor in bringing
about the boys undoing. He must sub
init to his fathers using II in his pres
ence as he Is growing up and Is told
that he must not use II. We all know
what this means sooner or later, and
generally IL Is sooner.
THE boy who begins smoking never
does so in his parents presence nor
with their consent. The boy beginning
to use tobacco these days begins with
the worst form possible-cigarette ties:
as ne must conceal his smoking 1t
means he must begin to lie, and this
in the end will lead up to the boys
undoing.
Tobacco is harmful TO every one who
uses II, old or young. II cannot in any
way contribute to any ones physical
or mental uplft. Some men are not
so susceptible to the action OF this
drug az others, some are more econom-
zeal in its use and In the way which
they use It..
II hope some day TO see nationwide
, legislation which will compel the teach
ing to the young in public and
private schools what tobacco, st!mu-
iants and drugs really are, and their
action upon the human system. 1t
/ should be made part of the school cur
rculum. II boys really knew what
tobacco is ana what it's effect would
be on their health In the future they
would not want to use It,"
| Dudley b. Reed. NJ. d.. Medical Ex-
| aminer of the University OF Chicago
"a considerable number OF boys and
young men are apparently unfavorably
affected by smoking. In my experience
/ the pernlcious effects seem to be chiefly
/ noticeable on the nervous system. and
manifest themselves in an increased
lrritabilty OF the nervous system and
/ heart and a decreased power OF con-
/ tinued mental concentration"
Harry l.. Hllman. Director OF Ath-
| letics in Dartmouth College-"Smolsing
is certainly harmful to boys and young
men. Athletic sports are the best means
OF finding this out. An athlete who
uses tobacco Is very apt to inJure his
heart and usually the blame Is labelled
athletics
"A tobacco user lacks energy, his
training Is hard work rather than pleas
ure, his digestion Is not what II should
be, he Is unreliable in competition or
In a pinch, he cannot recuperate rap
idly after hard struggle and he does
not repeat as readily as ore who doe-
not use tobacco. Invariably n smoker
thinks he can run 100 yard dash. a
! mile run or any other distance and do
as we'll as a non smoker. He will per-
haps for a number OF times, but the
| double strain of the use of tobacco and
, strenuous exercise Is likely to perma.
nently injure the heart action"
Smoking Affects the Heart.
Michael j. Donovan, for thirty
years Athletic Director New York Ath-
letic Club-"I consider man II very
much better of physically II he does
not smoke 1t goes without saying thai
n boy or young man who has not at
tanned his full growth .hould never
consider smoking. ! cannot give better
advice to any one than 20 20 my own
son, to whom have alreaf y said 'Dohy
smoke and don't drink and your battle
Is half won
when II comes to an adult, II he
feels he must smoke, he will find pipe
smoking the least harmful. The cigar
comes next, and the cigare te Is very
poor third, because it Is most injurious.
This Is due tn the fact that cigarette
smoke Is inhaled. l do not consider
that smoking affects the wind, but n
does affect the heart and nerves.