Counsels for the Church - Ellen G. White

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Tobacco Smoke Harmful to Women and Children
Women and children suffer from having to breathe the atmosphere that
has been polluted by the pipe, the cigar, or the foul breath of the tobacco
user. Those who live in this atmosphere will always be ailing.
By inhaling the poisonous tobacco effluvia, which is thrown from the
lungs and pores of the skin, the system of the infant is filled with poison.
While it acts upon some infants as a slow poison, and affects the brain, heart,
liver, and lungs, and they waste away and fade gradually, upon others, it has
a more direct influence, causing spasms, fits, paralysis, and sudden death.
Every exhalation of the lungs of the tobacco slave [user] poisons the air
about him.
The unhealthful practices of past generations affect the children and
youth of today. Mental inability, physical weakness, disordered nerves, and
unnatural cravings are transmitted as a legacy from parents to children. And
the same practices, continued by the children, are increasing and
perpetuating the evil results.
Tea and Coffee do Not Nourish the System
Tea acts as a stimulant and, to a certain extent, produces intoxication.
The action of coffee and many other popular drinks is similar. The first effect
is exhilarating. The nerves of the stomach are excited; these convey irritation
to the brain, and this in turn is aroused to impart increased action to the heart
and short-lived energy to the entire system. Fatigue is forgotten; the strength
seems to be increased. The intellect is aroused, the imagination becomes
more vivid.
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