Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — Blind from Cigarette Smoking. [ARTICLE]

Blind from Cigarette Smoking.

Blindness is the penalty paid by Frank Jefferson of Upper Roxborough, Pa., for disregarding repeated warnings of his physician and relatives, who attempted to prevail upon him to give up the excessive use of cigarettes. Jefferson, who is 19 years old, contracted the habit of cigarette smoking several years ago.