WHY?

White Ribbon, Volume 23, Issue 272, 18 February 1918, Page 15

WHY?

If the use of tobacco is not injurious, WHY does the iife insurance company wish tc know whether the appli cant smokes? WHY does the surgeon, contemplating a serious operation, ask whether the patient smokes? WHY are athletes, in training, forbidden to smoke? WHY ts the cigarette the objec t of special attention by temperance and ami-tobacco workers? W HY do cigarette smokers m ike the vast majority of the mist.ike. in bookkeeping ? WHY are cigarette smokers .in easy prey to disease, especially to tuberculosis? WHY do none of the books which deal with the principles of success in life, and give advice to young men of ambition, advise the use of the cigarette ? WHY are those who begin smoking early in life, almost without exception, stunted in body or mind? W HY do smokers never stand first in their classes? WHY do some States forbid the sel ling of cigarettes to minors? WHY is it that \outhful criminals arc invariably smokers? WHY is smoking prohibited during the first three years at West Point and Annapolis, the American Government's military and naval schools? If it does not hinder vocations, why do many firms absolutely refuse to employ boys and young men who smoke cigarettes, or else give the preference to non-smoking persons? “The Youth’s Instructor.”