Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1916-03-05
First Week of Free Clinic Established by w. c. T.
 U. Successful.
USE OF TOBACCO
 IS LESS POPULAR
Business Men and Educators Gencr- ally Condemn Tobacco Habit, E>pe. cially the Use of Cigarettes. Found
 Injurious to Boys Particularly.

About dozen Pine Bluff men and boys-the majority of them Iaturn men-haWe started taking tue treat ment fer the cure of the cigarette habit. at the free clinic established by the w. C. T. t., and which is in charge of Dr. J. T. Palmer. at his Office in West Barraque street at Pine street
 Most of the patients are men" said pr. Palmer yesterday, and this in itself is a most encouraging sign, as it indicates that to those who thnk and reason, the conclusion is reached that the cigarette habit is net only absolutely unnecessary, but IS n powerful factor for harI.
 "Tcday, two high school boys were here. to start the treatment. They expressed themselves as very anx- lous to quit the use of cigarettes, and If they carry through the treatment, they will obtain their wish. 1 be- lieve there will be an increase in the number of men and boys taking the treatment, as soon as they appreci- at the very great harm that is done them by this mos, pernicious and weakening habit
 The clinic was in operation exactly one week yesterday having been opened the previous Saturday. The twelve patients means that an aver age of two Ten or boys each day started the treatment which is con- s.dered high average as begin ming, especially under the conditions which prevail here.
 The cigarette is generally con demned. in opinions obtained by mem- bers of the local w. c. T. U. from prominent people of Pine Bluff Some of these expressions. iron men and women who are in close and constant touch with affairs and people, are as fellows:
 By J. k. Boyce.
 ''I have always regarded the use of tobacco particularly sroking, by boys as something exceedingly detrl- mental to their physical and mental growth. I have seen it's ill effects on adults. in three or four cases in my own immediately family.
 Any boy who will begin smoking cigarettes at 12 or 14 years of age, and follow the practice regularly un- til he is grown, will, in my opinicn. be stunted physically and r.entally, and never make the man he should be.
 "I have personally refused for ? ysars to keep in my employ any per son smoking cigarettes"
 Principal w. r. Keith,
 "The cigarette habit carries with it special danger to young boys, because when acquired at an early age the pcisons incorporate them selves in the nerve centers of the body and prevent the moral growth, be- ~f th" hcdv and of inc mind ! s'Girls in school outrank the boys, largely because of the cigarette habit among the boys"
 County Superintendent \. w. Lowe.
 "There is absolutely nothing that 70" tn said n favor of young boy smoking cigarettes, but on the ether hand, statistics show that it is very 'n,nriors to his physical and n ental development.
 "A great many business men will not employ at any price boy who sr"Hes cioare tes.
 "Dr. David Starr Jordan. president of Leland-Stanford university. says:
 "'The boy who smokes cigarettes need not be uneasy about his future he has none.'"
 Mrs. Lucy E. CritZ.
 "From long experience and obser- vation in the school room, am Sure that cigarette smoking is injurious 10 boys-I say boys. not because l do not believe it is harmful to men, but because cf the possibilities that lie wrapped in the growing youth of our land may, and should, be greater than those of the grown man.
 "From the teachers standpoint have seen that boys who had fcrmed the cigarette habit were careless, in attentive. listless, nervous, irritable and unable to apply their natural abilities to the subjects taught in the school room; or to receive the largest good from the playgrounds recreation" $