| Show THE TOBACCO EVIL 0 reference was male I 1 ID a the NEWS last week to the cims habit babit of cigarette smoking that Is ie becoming so BO prevalent among the youth in utah from this it need not be understood that it is a general custom among the sons bons of latter day sainta or that even a majority of thorn them are affected by it on the contrary there is a large proportion who rigidly refrain from the injurious habit though it cannot be denied that it has far too many victims it la is na alone in utah or OB in the united states that the serious danger caused by the rapid I 1 increase of tobacco smoking among young boys boya la Is apparent in great britain there is an league which numbers among its members sume some of the most influential men of the nation and nd which is making a vigorous warfare against the evil ohis league is la proceeding upon the basis that the rapid spread ot of smoking amongst boys by the serious and far reaching evils physical raen tal and moral to which the habit babit gives rise threatens to become a national danger clanger of the gravest character unless prompt and effectual means are taken for its suppression s 1 and is urging that not only should religious and edues educational institutions institution is direct their efforts against dinst the practice but t should be parsed prohibiting lads lad under the age of eighteen years from sm smoking klog aud rendering it illegal to sell give or furnish tobacco in any arm to children under that age in response to a call of the league public meetings have been hold held tuo the following being among the resolutions which were adopted at chope gather ings that in view of the serious moral and physical injuries in furies resulting from smoking especially by boys and of the recent alarming increase of this blighting habit this meeting earnestly implore implom all parents ministers and sunday school teachers to do their utmost to save the boys by discountenancing and abstaining from the practice that as boys are tempted to smoke in imitation ot men and in ignorance of ef the injurious and enslaving tendencies of the habit this meeting earnestly beseeches the school boards and all teachers of private schools to safeguard the coming generation by including in their health teaching special instruction on the real nature and results of the use of alcohol tobacco and other narcotics as distinguished from those of foods the further ask for a prohibitive law such as has been referred to and pledge to the anti nar cotic league support in carrying out its purposes there is no doubt of the baneful effects of tobacco smoking king those these are apparent to all thoughtful observers toe moral and intellectual faculties are blunted by the habit and through its continuance the usually polite and aff affable able gi gentleman lintleman often becomes rude and this latter phase is daily exhibited in public places where the smoker who ordinarily would scorn a suggestion of annoying people by impolite conduct or words will rudely till nil the he atmosphere with fumes anat are offensive and nauseating to women and children and those who du do not smoke yet if he be is requested to desist his reply is an insolent inso jent stare or an insulting remark but the effort to suppress juvenile smoking is directed against more than a mere violation of social etiquette it is aimed at an unmitigated evil which is undermining the very foundations of national strength and intellectual development tue practice now so prevalent among the youth of civilized countries has pro deuced incontrovertible testimony mouy that the coming generation is more inclined to criminality t than ha n t the h a 0 one ii a which preceded it anti and that abc among ing the ane most potent causes for this thia is in the consumption of tobacco in smoking and chewing the use of narcotics and stimulants is in stupefying it not dot destroying the conscience of those addicted to go it and is causing a deterioration in those mental and physical powers which are necessary for the maintenance and perpetuity ot of civilized nations while tobacco smoking was indulged in to only a moderate degrees degree these effects were not generally noticed though scientific land and medical men raised a warning voice against the peril which was imminent neut but now that the me pernicious habit babit has fastened fasten td its deadening grip upon the masses mass the magni r tude of the danger becomes apparent and those wh wha are pt n t already being swept along by the current are putting forth their energies ener glee to stem the tide of popular retrogression in the present situations situation however it is doubtful whether the momentum already acquired is not so great that these efforts will prove futile and that thai humanity must pass through another dark epoch of disease and pestilence before there la Is deliverance from the terrible evil it if such highly commendable men lable attempts attempt in civilized nations as those of the auti daforno league referred to are to provo prove suo sue cess oese lul tul they must receive more gun goa oral eral support from those who hold the reins of government than they do dab to day much way may be accomplished by the education of the young but to cope with the existing condition of things it la Is necessary to aid the in moral oral forces by the strong arm arin of legal leal enactment against those who lead toe the juvenile portion of the community to indulgence lu in the evil habits habit an aa well as ae against those who instruct them to engage in any other vice or crime with the latter day saints it in somewhat different than with other communities the former have deft nite positive counsel from the lord given by revelation in this day on the subjects subject and when this is applied with the religious force and conviction of which the saints have chown themselves capable in other matters they would soon be beyond the evils which arise from the use of narcotics and stimulants the word of wisdom was revealed in march 1833 for the temporal salvation of the saints of tobacco the lord said it was not alood fur for internal use by man jilke till all other vegetables it was waa created for a purpose but that purpose to is not inhalation in che form of smoke or assimilation into the body by chewing it la Is an herb berb for bruises and all sick cat oattie eles vs and if confined to its proper sphere Is beneficial it wrong wrongful fil use is inhibited among the Sa saint lint and if they would escape the horrors f pestilence they will pay heed to the warning that has been given thew them and will train their children to follow in their footsteps for safety now and here bere at alter ter |
