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708A~CA MERCtIANTS ASSOCIATION Of TtiE tJ.S, rgeting of the 3au Claire9 (giso,) parent-Teaoh+srs Assn, WOM0S CLtT88 It does not appear that Wontens Club in genera]l have aoach interest in this tork, but a paper on the Washington State inti-Cigar- ette bil3l was read at the 1men s Coimeraial Clnb of Seattle-' while the women~ s Clubs Conference of, Indianapolia endorsed the work of the Anti°Cig+drette League,, The use of ci~arettes by •omen ias condemned by the General Federation of the Women s Clubs at the closing sessions of the biennial convention in Des Moines, in June 1820t A resolution adopted on the subject recited that the cigarette habit apparently is inoreasing among womens and that the use oi tobacco is herrriful to thems Further reso3.i..tions urging an educational campaign against the use of cigar- ettes by menr and asking State authorities to prohibit the sale thereof to minors, also were asopteda 40 10 ....

TOBAICO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Of T1iE U.S. PL~...RT S.: T1M INT'ERNATYONOL iNTI-EfIGARIE2T3 ]3AGUI 1 In addition to these organizations$ which were formed primarily for some other purpose and have taken up educational work against the use of tobacco as a secondary aatter, there are several strictly anti®tobacfco soeietieec The International Anti-Cigarette heague, whose work in connection with the "Mothers and Parent-Teacher'a Associations" has already been alluded to has offices in Chicago, and its President is hucy Page Gaston. Am ita name implies its work is entirely against the cigaretteQ its manud+ of orgeu"z&t.Lon i- u,,;, :,o i,._,n loczl branches, excepting in special instances, but to work through already existing organizations; such as the churches, Sunday Schools, Public Schools -and the W. C. T o II: Pamphle t s i ssued by the League are o "Eas the Cigarette Come to Stay", "Shall we give the boy a Square Deal". The League also sends out wircixlar letters containing stzte- rcents as to its Rork£ etc, The League has enlisted a number of churches in its worko r Dro D: fi: Sressa one of its representatives addressed a congregation in the Adventist Tabernacle of Utica, No Ya on the • "Relation of Health to ChristianitT". The Churches of Knox County (Illinois) hs.re aglreed to eo- operate with the League in an anti-cigarette carr,paign. In 1{inneapolisp idinna the League awarded a silver medal to the boy (12 years old) giving the best declamation on the evils of cigarette smoking; at the Children's Gospel Mission. According to the League's reportsp schools throughout the country have shown an interest in the work of the League, and in Chicago (Illinois) the School Administration Coriu-,ittee of t3e board of Tducation voted to allow Miss Gaston to conduct a camps.ign az::ong the school ohildreno ' At the annual meeting of the League- held in Chieago, March 1921 a Tlree•=Feel Moving ricture Film on Tobacco was shoerri, This film was made in the photographic 3aboratory of the Battle Creek Sanatarium. This Sanatfzrium is operated by the Kellogg Broso ® one of whom, Dr,. J. R. Kellogg has written - anti-tobaoco pamphlets which are circulated by the Board of Temperance of the kethodist Episeopal Chu.rch, - Miss Gaston has addressed sossen' s clubs, and has especiallf interested the Indianapolis Conference of,Women in her work. At this conference she announced the League would engage in a 5?ears esmpaign. ~ N w ~ cn r ~ N W

:TOBAQ.CO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Of THE U.S. State ilnti•Cigarette hsagnes have been fozmd in Cali=ornia, - 0'ltio, 8ansas, 8ebrasYa and IItah. These Leagues hold eonferences with addresses br their workers and officers, and at which anti-tobacco pledges are given ont. =__ = At a conference of the California League in Los Angeles one of -the -principal speakers was a fosmer t'resident of the Pareat-Teaohera Association._ The work of this League is especially di.reoted to the enforcing of the law forbidding cigarette sales to boys under 18 years, NO-TOBACC 0 IZAGUIC - This League was organized in Butler; Ind.o JantxarT 1915, There are state branches in California;. Indiana, Sans.as, Utah, and actfve workers in several of the other states, It regards the = cigarette as the most injurious method of using tobaccop but conU siders all tobacco harmful, Although the League has its individual = organization in the states named, it also does its work through sohools and churches by !zaTing its workers address school children; Sundag Schools, etca and co-operating with such agencies as the W,C.T.B. Since its founding, its workers have addressed about 80;000 • public school chiidren and visited 150 Sunday Schools, according to a statement made by :he League. The official organ of the League is the NonTobacco Journa7.,?' a monthly magazinea It has issued several pamphlets and booklets: RModern use of Tobacco " by Dr: D, He Kress; "Is the Tobacco Habit Injurious" by Frofa Irving Risher: "The Brown God and his White Imps" by Rev.-Theoe Fs Frech. (see Bibliography) The California League, gets college students to speak at their outdoor meetings which are held during the summe5, and also co-operates with the W.O.T.IIc of that state, Many of their workers are rotirsd ministers or former W,C.T.II. officers. This heague has also engaged in an active law enforcement campaign and there have been several arrests for selling to minors in Long Beach. The League`s~ final goal is to stop the growing of tobacco in California, to raise the age of those who can buy tobacco frorz-l8 to 21 and to prohibit the selling or advertising of cigarettes in the state, The Indiana League emphasizes its educational work among young peoples. would have snoking abolished in public places and is trying to create a sentiment Ahi.ah would result in magazines refusa ing stories, etc. featt.zring tobacco, According to published state- sients it -is planning an intensiTe campaign among grammar and high school pupils. 1OmTOBliCCO AR2dY A The No-Tobacco Arsuy was organized in Pittsburg, Pa, in 1919 •4 =-- having at its aims "to educate the public, especially children, before 0

ths~,.r have formed the tobacoo habit, to a]anoiledge of the evils of the use of tobacco and to secure by law the prohibition of the culture; sale or use of tobacco. It publishes the 'lTo-Tobacco Sducator", a monthly journal, and has issued a few leaflets; "Astounding Facts"; *EoT to -~ Measure Physical Degeneracy & Tobacco in . Adulte% (see Bibliography) ~-- ~r Dr..B. ;. Poland, the Sducational Director, addressed the ministers of the M. T. Churches of Pittsburg on the work of the League: The Methodist Ministerial Association endorsed the work of the heague; as did the Free Methodist Kinisterigl Association. The work of this organization has been done mostly in Pennsylvania, among the Churches, Sunday Schools, and school children. Dr. Poland claims to have addressed about 1?00 school children, since he took up the work. A neh_organization is The Narcoties-Abstinenee League with offices in Ann Arbor, Mich, which is trying to arrange a series of debates throughout the country on the question: "Resolved that tobacco as habitually used, is an- injury to mankind©n $dRin Faxon Osborn; who has had articles on The No-Tobacco Educator is head of the League. . l r. . To Suamiarizea Educational work against the use of tobacco is carried on chiefly by the folloring agencies (outside of the Anti-Tobacoo Societiei (1) The Anti-Ivarcotic Department of the WoC.T.U. (which is probably the most active of any of the •organizations.) (2) Board of Temperance of the Methodist Episcopal Church. (3) Board of Temperance and Moral Welfare of the Presbyterian Church. new the International Anti-Cigarette League. (5) The "ri-Y" Clubs of the Y.H.C.A. - This seems to be a organization. ~ (4) The Parent-=Teachers Association s'hich works closely with (6) By individual school Principals and school•boardsl There is much more educational work done in the middle and far West, than in the Bast, but in practically all instances the work is directed against the growth of the habit among boys of school age - the anti-tcbacconists having evidently adopted the idea that tobacco dealers have "to catch them young", There is indicated a decided .ri.ll- ingneas to prosecute dealers who violate the law against selling to minors, A The ~i. C. T. Lt. in addit ion to it s work among peopl9 of school ~ '_~ age is initiating apparently, a campaign against smoking by tomen, ~, 11 N

TOBAQCp 61ERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Of THE U.S, PART a. Bibliography (with notes) of Text Books and other Books written pftmrily for Students, irr whioh is also included pamphlets issued by a-some of_-.the Societies mentioned in the memorandun. =~-Davf-son,- Alvin: 31ealth .7jessons. Book 1. American Book Co, N.Y. 1910. This is for children up to the Fifth Grade. Has paragraphs on "Tobacco and the Bloodn, "Tobacco and the Brain", etc. One chapter is entitled "Tobacco and other_drugs which injure the health'. In this chapter there is a picture of a rattle snake (on the left) and a box of cigars (on the right) with the inscription "Tgere is mdre poison in the one on the -right than in the one on the left", Protest against the use of this book in the public schools was made by Dr. S, T. Little in the Roche ster, (fi. Y. ) Rerald, in April, 1920, 0 Krohn, W. 0. Graded lessons in physiology and hygiene. D.Appleton & Co. N. Y. 1908. Has paragraphs on "Effect of tobacco on Seart", "Sffect of tobacco on School Work", - "Tobacco Intemperance" , "C igarette Svi1". Under "The Cigarette wil" 9 instances are given of boys being refused employment because of cigarette smokinga juvenile delinquency increased; poor scholarship in schools attributed to same cause. Fink, Bruce Tobacco. Abingdon Press, N. Y. 1915 - This is by a Prof. of Botany in ldiama. University (Ohio) and was prepared primarily for use in that IIniversityy, but is apparently used in other colleges and high schools for supplementary reading. It is strictly anti-tobacco, .ery vell Yritten, and its pseudo-scholarsY~ip makes it very effective for propaganda xorY. i L has :. _bliogr.~.phy, with 112 titles listed, but they are all, practically, from either antiotobacco or temperance journals sources. Very few standard references are listed. The book would "take in" an unthinking persoa. Eenderson, Mary Foote : . Aristocracy of Health. 2Sarper & Bros.,i~1.Y.1906. This i s not a t e:ct-book, in the usual sense of the sor-:, but is written- by a teaoher of Physical Culture and htr pupils are urged to read it. It is a book of 800 pages, has chapters on "The Cigarette; "Tobacco"s Physicians and Tobacco". It is."anti", alcohol, tobacco, etc. A tiresome, pretensious boak; made up f or • the mo st part of quotati ons from other booka, o Ln N L `-.< a

r X&sher; Q.:. -c Berry Trlmer: ti P a i N Y a re n sa ,. PhysiQal effeots of amoYing. AssoQ 1927, This also is not a textbook, but was written by one of the physiaal directors of the International Cormn* of the Y.Id.C.A, and ia reaoffinended for reading to thOse .taYing "ayffi* uork. The book consists of the s of exp-.*_+~ir•%ts a"dP and nona smokers, who .rere taking a course at the international Y.k.C.A. College, Springfield, Hass* with.a brief -summary.- "The studies would indicate that the results of smoking are definitely hazncful". 3ias a bibliography 'of 80 references, for the most part from medical and popular magazines. Fisher, Irving & Fisl:, 3. L, o _ _ Row to Live. Funk & iNagnalls Co. iT.Y. 1917, "Author4 __ ized and prepared in collaboration with the gyg,iene Reference Board of the Life Exteneion Institutee This is suggested reading for members of the Institute to further the cause of individual hygiene. Hae a chapter "Notes on Tobac3ao" with a very brief E bibliography, It presents 9 conclusions all to the effect that the use_of tobacco is bad. L" Packs F, J. "Tobacoo and Buman Ifficiency", Deseret News, Salt Lake City, IItah, 1918. This is by the Prof. of GeologyD University of Utah. This is not a text book, but is suggested reading for students. Subjects _treated_range from "Composition of Tobacco and Tobacco : a..f1 fRti"< ° 1"nnb_ A ' '-- __ ... ~- --- ~ E 1 `.~AOYe TiO rL LODa(3¢0 iBGi .7jJ11'it 'a11 Vy • jsa w vvva i v similar in make-np to Tobacco by Bruce Fink, but is a larger boolC and has a"Yoxmon Tri st.* Ford, Eeary: Case against the little White Slaver. Eenry Ford. d t t d di o: ca e e Detroit, Yichigan. 1916. Th3.s book is "My Friend,.the American Boy" , and was the re sult of an interview which bs gave out after discussing the cig;arette habit with Thomas A. Edison and the late Jo Burroughs. In this interview he said: "The listory of almost any criminal reveals that he is an inveterate cigarette smoker." Mr, reraival c, xill replied in a public letter to these and other charges of Mr. Ford and this book is the result of the correspondence between the two, Besides Mr, liill' a letter the pamphlet has shaptera such as: "Ealf the Liquor ratients-smoke cigarettes"; "Now Cigarettes affect Boys' School Act`-vities"; "Kill the Rabit, or it will 8ill You;* 'Cigarettes caused Insanity"; "Eow lbaployers feel toward Cigarette 3mokers," The pamphlet has 76 pages, contains a foreword by Yr, Zdison and also his photograph. 15 ~ ~ 0 W w ILn %0 N v

tOM' S C?lRISTIAN TIMPERilNC][ VITIaN ~_h A Roman, Prof. F.V, g Nicotine Next. National omen' a Christian Semperanoe IInion. =vanston, Ill.,1918. This ia by a Profeasor . aourse of Study in 'these Branches 18 suppoee4 to take four years and to cover alcohol and tobacco problems --far -the Young People'a Branch of the #.C.T.Q. The of Zconomica of Ppracuse IIniversity, and is the fourth :-in a-aeri®s of four_ books ab.ioh is published primarily form the standpoint of science, economics and -"correctiTe agencies." This is a paper bound pamphlet of 75 pages and covers such aubgecte as "Waste of Lexid" ;"Destruction of Property ; "Tobacco and the War"; "Why Yen Smoke". In this latter chapter the - author aays:."Tobacco is parasitic and one of the n 0 a ~ vor2.d.a s-greatest eTils" fl In the ahapters8 "Tobacco -and the War", the author cites instances to prove his contention that smoYing interfered with the soldier's efff.cieocy; and that in some commands smoY== ing was absolutely prohibited, "The giving of tobacco to soldiers" was conceived and fostered by the tobacco manufacturers rather than by the consumers of tobacco,," At the end of each chapter there is a set of review questions, Tracg;. Roger S~ Outlines of Anatomy: physiology and hggiene. Noc 3 American Book Coo NY,, 1889. ~ This is used for r7s.gh School Grades and is endorsed by the Supte of the Dept, of Scient3.fic Instruction of the W~CoT.II,: There are paragraphs on "3ffeot of Tobacco on the Blood" "]tffect of Tobacco on the Nervous System" Q etc, In The Iffeet of Tobaceo ca thfl Heart' after d3czribing the symmptoma, the s tatraent i s madn a "3'he se are the eymptc}ms c+t`fenest produced by t'~Le smrk_'ng of cigar -ettesF and they h:v,_ aome~imes beeL attributed to the paper in which the tobacco is wrapped, or to the drugb with which it is adulterated; b~ti-I th.; s ts mere beat.- ing about the bunhY The mos t huz*tful iugred.ient of the cigsrette is the tobacco." Pamphleta issued by the W.C.T.II. Burning up the Bread Big koneg in -It - - Thro Cigarettes & Rifle Shooting Lesson from Juvenile Conrts Questiona for Father Baseball Pitching & Smoking Tobacco as a Robber Sidelights on the Tobacco avil Invest in a Boy Nicotin.e Bestroys. C

T MER CHANTS ASSOC[ATION OF THE U.S. - Board -of in~em _raaae a*+~i k n~ t~clfare q of vhe Fres?a .,~rf.c~ • h as 8aue'~' lbouF'3d""'"pampT:3ets on t~ co ae ," o'3 nly a few ara listedA PBmphletso gome_ tbings- a- Cigarette will do for ita 1*riends. Camouflage a-'the -Cigarette Laads,all Xnemies Wise Counsel Suggestions for Teaching a Temperance Lesson Yoiaon Bullets _ The Xoo~aom3c ~faste of Tobacco Sources of Information concerning the Tobacco Question Cigarettes against the Future Cigarette is a Thief. Board of Temperanre= ,rohibitiona et~ - of Methodist Episcopal Church Pamphlets: FeIlogg; Ja Rc ^~obac4o roisons Diseaees Caused b7 Tobace~ti L Deoav of Americ:.~ ~:anhvLC~ jLaricY, Rev, C : Cm ym.inent Authorities sho Condema the Cigarette ~ The Smoke ~ia;te ':a~Y~.ni. ~+~..cz~' Foisonous Gases in iiar Fisher; 33~r,GeooJdCase against Smo3~rs Riddell; N, Y~a Alcohol & Tobac...} ~. i2son, T}r Clarence T: The Reformers New Prugram or after t~ar Prohibition- What? N4, -TOBACC:~ I~:~Gi7S a ~- ~ t ~'rech. T;F< 1 The Brown God and nis White Imps L H.: 1~s.~hley Pub= But ler ; Ind, n, d ~ In the f oreaord the p~.ir~.i shar states that "the tobacco eall: next to ~hs l:.quor t~°aS'fi:- is the greatest evil irn this land~' Sc~r~; as the C•Lt~rA are "The Sacrifice of Mone~t" F"Bo~r Ts~bacc,. ,rfe~.ts the Body" ="The Deadly Cigarette" ---"The Anti. Toba4%:u Battieg _ "The most injurious for~: ir wh~•~;h tobacco as used is th,,e c~.garette, but it is the meichod fl# amok~•n~Z.- rather th~.~z the poisonous content of ~-he ~,igax-atts s~:uLh makes it specially injurioush , is one of ~:h~ stat€3r.ten+ -~ made in the bool~: N . ~

TOBIiiCCO MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION Of THE. li.S. ~~ess, Dr. D. H. Modern Use of Tobacco, Published by No-Tobaoco Leaguee A little pamphlet of 16 pages, made up of quotations from doctorsi school teachers, etc. "ldankin8 is be,=- eoming alcohol and tobaeeo mad. The:nervoua system is crumbling, owing to its saturation-wsth~ a].coh_o1 and nicotine. -- ~ - _- -_ . - - To Su=narize: The Text-Books go far beyond the scientific poizt fri their steternents aeairst the use of tobaceo. ^f the other books listed "Tobacco" by Bruee Fink is the most scholarly and effective from the anti-tobaeconist point of viex o In hi s summary he says : "Ho conc 2uding word s can adequately condemn tobaccoa" I~-~ Au~ust ].919L the Philadelphia Schools baaned ~ text-bcok or: Physiology- which had been authorized by the W:V:T.-U, bece.usc it Vu.s c'vxijrram.r!atical;, unintelligent and biasedo" _ In February 1920 the Indianapoli s schools refused t o let the t'o--TobUccc :,eaza- circulate Qr.ti-tobacco pledges emong students, 1 N ' ~ _ lA