Practice Self-Discipline

Radio Record, Volume IV, Issue 19, 21 November 1930, Page 32

Practice Self-Discipline

© Coe How many cigarettes can one smoke in the course of a day without undue injury to one’s health? Apparently it all depends on how one smokes. The organs that may be harmed by over-indulgence in smoking are the heart, the nerves and the sight. If the heart is irregular, if the hands tremble when held out, if the vision is impaired ever so slightly, then the amount smoked should be cut down. Not all at once, however, but by gradual stages, such as refusing to smoke before lunch or on an empty stomach. Open-air exercise is helpful in overcoming the temptation to smoke, and plenty of the sugar element in food is essential Guring the period of self-discipline. A