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induces renders such a method of use disgusting, and tends 

 to discourage the method. Cigarettes are made of shreds 

 of tobacco, and on account of their size may be quickly 

 smoked and with less immediate effect than a cigar or pipe. 

 The number required to produce nausea and their cheap- 

 ness make their use particularly attractive to the young. 

 This fact and the danger of habit forming make their use 

 by young people one to be guarded against by every means 

 possible. The governments of most states recognize this 

 fact by forbidding their sale to minors. In weakening the 

 cells the use of tobacco often prevents their full develop- 

 ment. In this way the building of tissues may be hin- 

 dered and the body fail to reach its full size. We call this 

 the stunting effect on growth. It is this stunting that 

 makes the use of tobacco very dangerous to young people 

 who are growing, and forms a sufficient reason for ^prohibit- 

 ing the use of tobacco to minors, Avere no other evils result- 

 ant from its use. In adults this effect is not so noticeable, 

 but in times of sickness, when the full strength of the cells 

 is required to resist the ravages of the disease, their weak- 

 ening by tobacco often lowers their power to such an extent 

 as to seriously hinder recovery, and a tobacco user may on 

 this account succumb to a disease which a non-user would 

 have no difficulty in conquering. 



The cure of the tobacco habit is simply a matter of will 

 power. It naturally becomes more difficult the more 

 extensive the use. It is undoubtedly better never to have 

 formed the habit, and every experiment to determine the 

 effect of tobacco tends to show the needlessness of such use 

 and the advantage of abstinence. 



Opium. — This is a much more powerful narcotic than 

 tobacco, and the knowledge of its evil effects and habit 



