Democratic Sentinel, Volume 8, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1884 — The Use of Tobacco. [ARTICLE]

The Use of Tobacco.

A comparison showing the relative extent to which various nations are addicted to the use of tobacco gives the proportion as follows: For England, France and Bussia, 5; for Italy, 7; for Cuba, 11; for Austria, 14; for (Germany and North America, 15; for Belgium, 24, and for Holland, 28. Mexico, however, even surpasses Holland, for there every one is a smoker. The school children who have done best in their studies are rewarded by being allowed to smoke a cigar as they stand or sit at their lessons. The schoolmaster himself is seldom without a cigar in his mouth. In the law courts all persons enjoy their tobacco freely, and even the accused in a criminal trial is not denied the indulgence.