Vanity, All Is Vanity: A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects
Science
Vanity, All Is Vanity: A Lecture on Tobacco and its effects
Tobacco use
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| 7. It gradually weakens and destroys the whole nervous system and is |
| the cause of a large majority of cases of Insanity, which can readily |
| be found in all stages, among those who use tobacco. |
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| 8. It makes one appear to be ill-bred and extremely distasteful in |
| society. |
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| 9. It is said by critics to entirely destroy a certain faculty of the |
| mind. |
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| 10. It renders one's breath very repugnant to a companion. |
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| 11. It is continually drawing on the pocket for the small change that |
| might be laid up. |
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| 12. When taken as snuff it wonderfully impairs and often paralyzing |
| and destroys the Olfactory nerves and deprives one of the sense of |
| smell. |
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| 13. It creates a craving for Alcoholic drinks, it prostrates the |
| system to such an extent that nature calls for aid by stimulants, |
| hence the craving for drinks, peppers, mustards, &c., &c. |
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| 14. It creates an inordinate desire for excitement such as Noose and |
| Novel reading, and a loathing of Science and Philosophy. |
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| 15. The smoke has a wonderful tendency to weaken and impair the |
| eye-sight. |
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| 16. Its use is an evil example to the young who look to us for advice |
| and protection from evil. |
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| 17. It decomposes and devitalizes the electrovita fluid in the human |
| system. |
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| 18. The system of the tobacco users is always in a morbid condition, |
| as proof when you are sick you can't use it; for be it known that two |
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