How to Live: Rules for Healthful Living Based on Modern Science

by Irving Fisher; Eugene Lyman Fisk

The statistics presented by Prof. Fred. J. Pack are of interest in this connection.

In six educational institutions the students competing for places on the football team were grouped as follows:

Institution.	Number Competing for Places.	Number Successful.	Per Cent. Successful.
Institution A.
Smokers	11	2	18.2
Non-smokers	19	11	57.9
Institution B.
Smokers	10	4	40
Non-smokers	25	17	68
Institution C.
Smokers	28	7	25
Non-Smokers	17	14	82
Institution D.
Smokers	28	11	39.3
Non-smokers	15	10	66.6
Institution E.
Smokers	10	7	70
Non-smokers	15	12	80
Institution F.
Smokers	6	0	0
Non-smokers	26	15	57.7

Institution.	Smoker.	Non-smoker.	Institution.	Smoker.	Non-smoker.
A	65.2	69.8	G	74.0	75.0
B	64.7	74.6	H	75.2	79.4
C	78.8	81.1	I	81.6	88.4
D	75.8	77.6	J	78.5	81.3
E	84.6	84.8	K	74.0	84.6
F	69.6	71.3	L	77.3	77.6

The following table shows the relative scholastic standing of smokers and non-smokers:

	Number of Men.	Total Mark.	Average Mark.
Smokers	81	6,034	74.5
Non-smokers	101	8,021	79.4

Twelve institutions reporting:

	Number of Men.	Highest Marks.	Lowest Marks.
Smokers	81	4	12
Non-smokers	101	11	6
Number of Men.		Highest Marks.	Lowest Marks.
101 non-smokers furnish		11	6
101 smokers would furnish		5	15
	Number of Men.	Total Conditions and Failures.	Average
Smokers	82	70	.853
Non-smokers	98	48	.439

Tobacco Smoking Athletes

Prof. Pack’s conclusions were as follows: