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Out of one hundred cigarette-smokers exam- 

 ined in New York, 82 showed marked symptoms Cigarette 

 of heart trouble and- nervous affection. After 

 two years of total abstinence all but 14 had out- 

 grown it. 



As a rule tobacco and alcohol tend to destroy 

 the equilibrium of the nervous system, weaken the Pathological 

 digestive functions and induce kidney and neart 

 disease. So marked are these effects that in the 

 examination of over 2,000 men I have never 

 found a normal heart action or regular pulse in a 

 habitual tobacco user. 



It is estimated that fully 60,000 persons die 

 annually in the United States from diseases 

 caused directly by the use of tobacco. 



The hereditary effects of tobacco are not un- 

 like those of chronic alcoholism. The tendency 

 toward its use is transmitted from one genera- Hereditary 

 tion to another; moreover, its evil effects a 

 frequently a potent factor in the prpduction of 

 other morbid conditions in offspring. Thousands 

 of men who use the weed immoderately suffer 

 from poor memory, lack of concentration, ina- 

 bility to think, nervousness, abnormal passions or 

 moral apathy. These acquired conditions are, 

 to a greater or less extent, transmitted to off- 

 spring. 



It is not too much to say that there are millions 

 whose physical constitutions, mental and moral 

 powers have been greatly injured by the use of Tobacco Users, 

 tobacco by their parents. It is true that hundreds 

 of strong, able-bodied men and many of the 

 brainiest men of the country use tobacco in some 

 form, but all such would be better off without 



