This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...of college students has shown that those who are addicted to the use of tobacco are, on the average, considerably less developed than those who let it alone. The tobacco habit handicaps a boy in his physical development at the very start of life. 3. The use of tobacco temporarily reduces ones muscular power, and may do ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1910 Excerpt: ...of college students has shown that those who are addicted to the use of tobacco are, on the average, considerably less developed than those who let it alone. The tobacco habit handicaps a boy in his physical development at the very start of life. 3. The use of tobacco temporarily reduces ones muscular power, and may do so permanently. 4. Its use often causes heart trouble. The "cigarette heart "is well known to physicians. Brain difficulty, insanity, and even death are sometimes traceable to tobacco. 5. It is an expensive habit. The money spent for tobacco could certainly be put to better use, and could be employed in ways that, to a young person at least, would give more pleasure and profit. 6. It is a habit that renders one disagreeable to others and tends to selfishness. Most people who do not use tobacco, women especially, find the use of it by their acquaintances very disagreeable. Its use sometimes tends to selfishness and to a disregard of the feelings of others. 7. The use of tobacco is likely to lead boys into injurious company, inviting them to idleness and to other bad habits. Of all forms of tobacco, cigarettes probably do the greatest amount of injury. A person who uses cigarettes is likely to "inhale" the smoke. This means breathing the smoke into the lungs, which is far more injurious than simply taking it into the mouth. Boys in particular should know this, for cigarettes are generally used by them on account of their cheapness. For these reasons the wise course is to leave tobacco alone. ALCOHOL One of the greatest dangers that a young person has to meet is that of acquiring the alcohol habit. Fortunately, it is not so common as the tobacco habit. Nevertheless, it has destroyed the lives of hundreds of thousands of young...
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