{"id":640,"date":"2012-05-03T13:38:47","date_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/preserving\/?p=640"},"modified":"2012-05-03T13:38:47","modified_gmt":"2012-05-03T17:38:47","slug":"no-nicotine-alliance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/preserving\/2012\/05\/03\/no-nicotine-alliance\/","title":{"rendered":"No-Nicotine Alliance"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Established in 1924, the No-Nicotine Alliance sought the unequivocal elimination of smoking and tobacco products within the United States.\u00a0 The organization believed that its objective “could” and “would” be ultimately achieved through a U.S. Constitutional amendment.\u00a0 In order to gains support for their cause, the organization published a short pamphlet entitled “The burning shame of America :an outline against nicotine<\/em>” to educate the public on the evils of tobacco.\u00a0 Delving much deeper\u00a0 into the tobacco issue than individual health consequences, the pamphlet points out larger national implications for tobacco usage, such as the adverse effects on the environment, agricultural\u00a0 economy, and morality .\u00a0 The\u00a0 rhetoric is\u00a0 over-the-top and sensational!\u00a0 The pamphlet also contains\u00a0 striking modern graphics by the artist\/illustrator George Illian.<\/p>\n

The rallying cry for the No-Nicotine Alliance:<\/p>\n

Their vile smoke may make our eyes water, but it shall not <\/em>
\n blind us to our Ideal. It may seep into our lungs, but it shall not <\/em>
\n choke our noble cry to “Stomp out Nicotine forever!”<\/em><\/p>\n

No shortage of hyperbole:<\/p>\n

“Lucius Cooper, chief military expert of the No-<\/em>
\n Nicotine Alliance, \u2014says “I am convinced that the war would<\/em>
\n have ended a year sooner if our troops had not used tobacco.<\/em>
\n Only the fact that the Germans were also tobacco-drugged, it<\/em>
\n being well-known that they smoke huge pipes with china bowls,<\/em>
\n prevented them from victory over us.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“But that any girl or lady, in the flush of health, should deliberately<\/em>
\n put to her red lips the Judas kiss of Nicotine, gives us<\/em>
\n pause.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“The smoker is a bad citizen. He is a public nuisance, offending<\/em>
\n his fellow-men. He should be sent to Coventry, or jail. This is<\/em>
\n a “job” for our gallant blue-coated police everywhere.”<\/em><\/p>\n

“But the worst of it is the smoky air that hangs about a house<\/em>
\n where a habitual smoker hangs about. It gets into the lungs of<\/em>
\n the whole family, prejudicing them to all kinds of diseases. It<\/em>
\n makes it impossible for them to enjoy the pure air, the smells of<\/em>
\n fair flowers, rubber plants, and ferns, the dainty perfumes that<\/em>
\n mother sprays about her boudoir, the tantalising taste of good<\/em>
\n cooking in the kitchen. In many smoking homes it becomes the<\/em>
\n custom to open the windows at night to let out the vapors of<\/em>
\n tobacco, thus exposing the whole family to the dangers of drafts<\/em>
\n and the risky night air.”<\/em><\/p>\n

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"The butt by wanton smoker tossed has kindled many a holocaust."<\/p><\/div>\n

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"In one depraved New York cafe even the women smoke, they say."<\/p><\/div>\n

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Description:<\/dt>\n
Walsh, Richard J. The burning shame of America :an outline against nicotine. Mount Vernon, N.Y. : Printing House of W.E. Rudge, c1924.<\/dd>\n
Persistent Link:<\/dt>\n
http:\/\/nrs.harvard.edu\/urn-3:FHCL:8634540<\/a><\/dd>\n
Repository:<\/dt>\n
Widener Library<\/dd>\n
Institution:<\/dt>\n
Harvard University<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n

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