[1]. Di ath´ e sis—A condition of the body which, predisposes it to a particular disease.
So alarming has become this evil that in some States, laws have been passed against cigarette smoking. But I trust that if any of you has felt like forming the vile habit, your own good sense will not allow you to do so.
What is the first step toward the ruin of the body and soul? What is the second step? What follows?
Where will you be by this time? What then will follow?
How is it that some boys do not seem to suffer from cigarette smoking? What takes place every year?
How many cigarettes were smoked in this country in 1883? Of what are they generally made? What of saltpetre?
What is said of the genuine Havana cigarette? Are there many genuine ones made?
What of the oil of tobacco? Of the oil of the paper?
How does smoking affect the young?