XXXIV TOBACCO. 



any form. The regulation against the use of to- 

 bacco is enforced as rigidly as possible, and its vi- 

 olation is severely punished. While it must be 

 admitted that the practice cannot be altogether 

 broken up, even in an institution where the stu- 

 dents are under such close observation, still the 

 strict enforcement of the regulation produces good 

 results by restricting the evil so far as it is possi- 

 ble to do so." 



In this connection I quote from a letter dated 

 September 28, 1892, from Dr. Albert L. Gihon, 

 recently in charge of the Naval Hospital at Brook- 

 lyn : 



" The views that I held, and which you did me 

 the honor to quote in r The Tobacco Problem,' as 

 to the prejudicial influence of tobacco upon the 

 growth and development of adolescents, the result 

 of rive years of close observations of cadets at the 

 United States Naval Academy at Annapolis, Mary- 

 land, during the period of my duty in charge of 

 the Medical Department of that institution (1875- 

 1880), I still hold in undiminished degree. 



" I am more than ever convinced that the use of 

 tobacco by adolescents should be vigorously inter- 

 dicted in every educational or other establishment 

 in which the young are under disciplinary control, 

 and I further believe that the sale of cigarettes, or 

 other forms of tobacco, to minors, should be prohib- 

 ited by legislation." 



