The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-15

Editor TimeS-I have read with
much interest your editorial in The
Times of Jan. 81, 1929, in which you
bring forth in an excellent manner,
and deplore the present day prac-
tlce of trying to make the youthful
mind run in two channels. Your
article deals with the very promi-
nent advertising given over to glar-
ing and exaggerated benefits de-
rived from the cigaret.
1 would be delighted to have the
officials of these cigaret factories try
to sell me on the idea that cigarets
are beneficial to any man, woman,
boy, or girl I would like to have
them convince me that Lucky
is better than a sweet" or There's
not a cough in a carload" And I've
heard several deluded young men
declare that they were going to
switch to "Old Colds" from "Ches-
terfeld's," and try to rid themselves
Of that nice little cigaret cough.
know nothing of high finance
Or the depth of theology, or Elm
STEMS theory, but, believe me, folks,
1 know cigarets, for until last Sep
TENDER I had smoked them con-
tinually since I was a boy of Is
years, and I'm no spring chicken
now. smoked them against the
advice of my father and doctors
with whom I came in contact.
l am writing as one who has
been in the ranks of real cigaret
smokers. don't believe that
grandma's old clay pipe or dads
cigar two or three times day, or
a little chew of plug" or fine cut"
ever hurts any one very much, but
the dose of tewnty cigarets per day,
and that is the average of the real
cigaret smoker--inhaled and the
poison and narcotic influence drawn
into the system-eventually will
break down and injure physically
and Intellectually the average man,
woman, boy or girl, and I believe
that any fair-minded cigaret smok-
er, any doctor or medical authority
Will stand back of me in this state
ment.
I loved my cigaret, just the same
as any smoker loves his smokes,
and it was q real struggle to give
them up. I would advise any boy
or girl today against the use OF
them, for 1 know that once they
fall under the bondage that cigarets
demand Of the real cigaret smoker
that they will realize how hard it
aI-oys is to pay back to your body
and your mind the toll tha5 cigaret
smoking has taken, and how thank
my Creator that He gave me the
strength and the will to whip Gig
arets out Of my life while I still
have some of life left.
The manufacture and sale Of Gig
aretS represent vast amount Oh
capital and labor in our country to-
day. am not posing as a REFORM
er, nor am I asking any man or
woman, boy or girl to put out Of
their lives anything that is as much
a part Of their living as the Gig
aret was to mine.
They simply will have to figure
that out for themselves. But I do
believe that the tobacco interests in
our country will be far more fair
and sportsmanlike to humanity If
they will put to an end this delud-
ing and misleading form of adver-
Using of their product. Such adj
vertising, without doubt, increases
their business. but it also will bring
remorse and regret to the unthink-
ing user Of cigarets. and it will be
lust as hard for them to get out
from under this binding habit as
it was for me.
And any man or woman, boy or
Girl who wants to quit smoking cir
arets can quit. by doing just as
did, which was without the aid Of
medicine or counter drugs.
HAROLD F. HUTCHINSON.
Frankfort, Ind.