point need not be argued; all smokers will 

 agree with it. 



Judged from a psychological standpoint the 

 effects of tobacco are entirely favorable. To 

 the sleepless, the worried, to him who is troubled 

 in mind or vexed in spirit, the pipe or cigar is 

 a never-failing remedy to soothe and cheer. It 

 is the feeling of betterment which it engenders 

 and the spirit of good will which tobacco creates 

 that are responsible for its universal use by men 

 differing widely in grade and condition of life 

 as well as in mental caliber; it reaches the com- 

 mon springs which move humanity ; its qualities 

 are those which have made the pipe a symbol of 

 peace and a bond of fellowship and union be- 

 tween man and man from Pole to Pole. 



From a general summing up of the opinions 

 which have been quoted the question might 

 finally be asked, "Is tobacco on the whole harm- 

 ful or beneficial to its users?" The answer 

 seems to be this: "Tobacco to the extent used 

 on the average has some slight injurious ef- 

 fects and some slight beneficial effects on the 

 physical system. It is an excellent preservative 

 agent against contagious and infectious disease. 

 Mentally its effects are overwhelmingly bene- 

 ficial." In every particular case a man must 

 judge for himself, taking account of his indi- 



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