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Editorial
March 13, 1929
Grand Rapids Herald Review
Grand Rapids, Itasca County, Minnesota
What is this article about?
Editorial condemns cigarette manufacturers for aggressively promoting smoking to children despite proven harms to youth and women, likening them to degenerate saloonkeepers and calling for societal intervention. (178 characters)
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SMOKES FOR THE KIDS
The cigarette makers are going too far. They are too hungry for business.
Probably cigarette smoking, within reason, is the least harmful use of tobacco. But tobacco in any form is bad for young people—bad for boys and girls. Young folks do not need tobacco—but milk. The destructive effect of the cigarette on growing folks has been demonstrated beyond doubt.
Women do not need to smoke. They have enough trouble with the complexion as it is.
Smoking is worse for women than for men—and worse in another respect—women transmit their weaknesses to the future. Men do, too, but not as obviously or as directly.
But the cigarette makers do not care about these things. If they only dared they would go further than they do. As it is, most of them have offended, through their advertising and arguments, nearly every sound thinking person, irrespective of personal opinion as to the use of tobacco.
There was once a certain, degenerate type of a saloonkeeper who started to make future customers out of the boys of his day. Society soon fixed him. The cigarette manufacturer is next in line for discipline.
The cigarette makers are going too far. They are too hungry for business.
Probably cigarette smoking, within reason, is the least harmful use of tobacco. But tobacco in any form is bad for young people—bad for boys and girls. Young folks do not need tobacco—but milk. The destructive effect of the cigarette on growing folks has been demonstrated beyond doubt.
Women do not need to smoke. They have enough trouble with the complexion as it is.
Smoking is worse for women than for men—and worse in another respect—women transmit their weaknesses to the future. Men do, too, but not as obviously or as directly.
But the cigarette makers do not care about these things. If they only dared they would go further than they do. As it is, most of them have offended, through their advertising and arguments, nearly every sound thinking person, irrespective of personal opinion as to the use of tobacco.
There was once a certain, degenerate type of a saloonkeeper who started to make future customers out of the boys of his day. Society soon fixed him. The cigarette manufacturer is next in line for discipline.
What sub-type of article is it?
Moral Or Religious
Social Reform
What keywords are associated?
Cigarette Smoking
Youth Harm
Tobacco Vice
Women Smoking
Advertising Offense
Moral Discipline
What entities or persons were involved?
Cigarette Makers
Editorial Details
Primary Topic
Criticism Of Cigarette Makers Targeting Youth
Stance / Tone
Strongly Condemnatory Of Tobacco Industry
Key Figures
Cigarette Makers
Key Arguments
Cigarette Smoking Is Harmful To Young People
Youth Need Milk Not Tobacco
Smoking Worsens Women's Complexion And Transmits Weaknesses
Cigarette Makers Offend Through Advertising
Cigarette Manufacturers Should Face Societal Discipline Like Saloonkeepers