The Birmingham age-herald., 1914-06-14
POINTS TO DANGER
 OF CIGARETTES
Herbert L. Walker Outlines Plans of Free Clinic to Be Held in
 Birmingham

Herbert l.. Walker, field secretary of the Alabama Anti-Cigarette league, yesterday issued the following statement
 Cigarette smoking is the most injuri- ous way of using tobacco. In addition poisons, either of which is quite as in- furious as the nicotine of the cigar or pipe. These poisons are the two deadly aldehydes. furfural and acrolein and also carbon monoxide. These, together with the nicotine forms a poisonous oil in the blood. They weaken and destroy the little warriors against the germs of disease-the white corpustles of the blood and thus give victory to germs of tu- Derculosis, etc. What is needed more than other preventives as drinking cups, etc, is healthy, normal white corpustle In the blood. The greatest fountain of tuberculosis outside of the weakness caused by hereditary is cigarette smok- ing. This poisonous oil produced in the blood by the poisons mentioned above kill the medicine largely in cases of typhoid fever, blood poison. pneumonia. etc., the patient is helpless and prema- ture death results.
 The cigarette blunts the mind These poisons feed on the tissues of the brain If the heart or lungs or some other vital organ does not give out first he will go crazy. Fortunately, as this Is worse than death, the heart often gives up the battle first, some otherwise harmless disease takes hold and cuts off from 10 tO practically impossible to educate the cigarette smoking boy. He cannot con centrate on his lessons the mind that is in the tobacco sack or rolled up in rice paper It causes more 'qutuates' than anything else, not excepting poverty, among boys.
 It is moral blight. Most little bows who smoke will story to the mother and before the grand jury will lie about where he got them. To stop this in- sidious habit will, no doubt. mean heaven to many as well as heightened lives, good positions and education The Anti Cigarette League of America was organ ized about IA. years ago to wage war against this evil. The present field sec retary was commissioned to this work
 in Alabama the first day of last year. We publish The Boy and Home.' our state paper, quarterly at Birmingham our state headquarters. Since the first day of January, 1914 the secretary has lectured in the churches and schools in IS counties. Over 1340O young people have lined up never to smoke, dip nor drink. Our league carries the total ab- stinence feature of the drink problem. We also pledge young people not to use tobacco in any form at least until 21 years old.
 "The league encourages the enforce ment of the law forbidding the sale or giving to minors in Alabama cigarettes. cigarette papers, cigarette tobacco or substitute for either of them. We also are working for the enactment of a law to stop the manufacture and sale of cigarettes or papers in Alabama Six states have such laws.
 "The free clinic is only incidental with our other work. We only propose to help those who have enough will power to un- dertake to quit and cut out the habit. We do not manufacture that article-will power. Nor do we give the treatment secretly The only hope for those who will not will to quit Is the casket
 'The free clinic will be found from June 15 to 20 in Birmingham at the fol- lowing offices:
 Central Section-Dr. R. V. Mobley. s25 Jefferson County bank building; Drs. H. P. Hanne and R. c. McQuiddy. 1907 Empire building; Dr. Robert A. Jones, 30s Farley building; Avondale. Martin drug store, Drs. Ellis and Martin: East Lake, Dr. c. c. Jones; West End, Bir- mingham infirmary; North Birmingham. pr. NJ. E. Moreland; Ensley Dr. Robert P. Noble
 For negroes, pr. A. M. Brown, Penny Savings bank
 If one will take the treatments and follow directions fully for week most of the poison will be eliminated"