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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LIV, Issue 249, 20 April 1912, Page 10

The publication of Uk- fact that several youthful applicants had been rejected unfit f ()r military training on account of impaired health caused throu<rli cigarette-smoking has directed attention to the question „f j IIVPni ,„ smokin in 'on Thompson, pre«>.f Health, stated recently that the matter of examining .rnithsfor physical fitness was entirely in the hands oif the Commonwealth. Still the .State was vitally interested in the lealth of Hie rising generation. The evils of juvenile cigarette-smoking were *o w"U kmnvn that lie did not need to <mphas.se ,t further, but it would be an excellent thing for the State to make a law entirely prohibiting boys from smoking. Already too great a. proportion of the. vising generation was affected l.v e-smok.ng. Tie will be a beneaetor to the Australasian race who will be strong enough to abolish the cigarette. T.f people will smoke, let it be a pipe. Jhe cigarette is an abomination.