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erty, and they have no right to fill the air with any gas or 

 smoke that is offensive to others. Very likely many men de- 

 rive great comfort from the use of tobacco after they have 

 once formed the habit ; but most of these were made sick in 

 learning, showing that the use is unnatural. 



It seems to be clearly proved that cigarette smoking is 

 very injurious, especially to boys. And if men smoke cigars, 

 the example is set for the boys to smoke cigarettes. Many of 

 the cigarettes are said to be steeped in preparations of opium ; 

 so that the use of cigarettes is often subjecting the user, not 

 only to the tryanny of tobacco, but to that of opium as well. 



Perhaps Robinson Crusoe might have been excused for 

 using tobacco, having no one to save money for, no unfortu- 

 nates to aid, no children to educate, no one to whom he might 

 set a bad example, no one whose breath of air he could contam- 

 inate, no one to smell his breath, no one to see the offensive 

 results. But a man living in the society of so many to whom 

 this habit, in all its features, is so disgusting and in every 

 way offensive, ought seriously to consider whether he is doing 

 right in continuing such a practice. 



Many boys seem to think it is manly ; they wish to do as 

 others do. It is not manly to imitate any one. Do nothing 

 simply because some one else does it. To do this is to be a 

 slave, to be led. And one bad feature of the tobacco habit is 

 that one makes himself a slave to the weed. For, like other 

 narcotics, it has a powerful influence on the system ; and the 

 habit, once formed, is hard to break. 



How many men have been heard to say, " I wish I had 

 never formed the habit." 



Has any one in middle or later life ever been heard to say, 

 " I wish I had formed this habit " ? 



Cooking. Cooking is designed to make food more pala- 

 table and more digestible. Some foods, such as eggs, are as 



