Because many men say that it helps them, and makes them feel better.
Shall I tell you how it makes them feel better?
If a man is cold, the tobacco deadens his nerves so that he does not feel the cold and does not take pains to make himself warmer.
If a man is tired, or in trouble, tobacco will not really rest him or help him out of his trouble.
It only puts his nerves to sleep and helps him think that he is not tired, and that he does not need to overcome his troubles.
It puts his nerves to sleep very much as alcohol does, and helps him to be contented with what ought not to content him.
A boy who smokes or chews tobacco, is not so good a scholar as if he did not use the poison. He can not remember his lessons so well.
Usually, too, he is not so polite, nor so good a boy as he otherwise would be.
REVIEW QUESTIONS.
1. How do the muscles know when to move?