lOO TOBACCO AND ITS EFFECTS. 



have come under your observation, and what have been 

 the effects of such adulterations ? " 



Answered substantially as follows : Ninety-four per cent 

 answer that they have not met with any adulteration. 

 One has met with tobacco adulterated with copperas, to 

 which attention was called by the effect produced on the 

 mucous membrane of the mouth, and ulcers which it 

 caused upon the tongue. 



^uestioJi 3. "In your opinion, is the use of intoxicat- 

 ing liquors in any way fostered or affected by the habitual 

 use of tobacco? If so, please state how and why." 



Seventy-six per cent answer this question by an unqual- 

 ified affirmative. Six per cent say no. Five per cent do 

 not know, and the remainder give no answer. 



One correspondent makes answer that it depends upon 

 the individual. Another says : " I have seen many cases 

 where the use of tobacco in youth has led to the use of 

 intoxicating liquors also." A third says : " In my opinion 

 the use of tobacco fosters that of intoxicating drinks by 

 reducing the powers of the nervous system ; liquor is then 

 used as a restorative, and is about as active a one as I 

 have found." A fourth replies : " I have considered the 

 use of liquor as a necessary result of the use of tobacco, 

 and have found no boys who use the first who did not 

 begin with the second." 



" Experience demonstrates that those nations which are 

 most addicted to the use of tobacco are also the most 

 prone to drunkenness. This follows first, physiologically, 

 by the fact that tobacco produces an atonic condition 

 from which nature seeks relief; and second, psychologi- 

 cally, because tobacco vitiates the mind and begets 

 drunkenness, as one vice begets another." 



