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...shadows had lengthened and only the bitter-enders, Johnston and the stringers, remained. Jordan pointed towards the field house. Another day of practice, quite average, was over...
...least one, just in case. They range from doctors to deans, from doddering "H"-men to varsity athletes, from regular sports writers to "stringers," as the local correspondents for the Boston dailies are known. All have one thing in common: a buff-colored card signed by W. Henry Johnston, director of sports information. This card is to prove to the sophomore managers guarding the gate that the bearer is not from Princeton...
...smoker who wants to reform, says Dr. Johnston, should be frightened by threats of lung cancer. He must understand that "tobacco smoke contains various poisons, notably nicotine, pyridine bases, carbon monoxide and arsenic...
...most trying period, Dr. Johnston reports, is the first day and night without tobacco. Since respiratory infections reduce the urge to smoke, a man might wait until he catches cold before he begins the agony of withdrawal. Or he might try a last night of overindulgence. Too much smoking can bring on a helpful sore throat...
...Johnston expects to see few reformed smokers until doctors themselves wake up to tobacco's dangers. "About 80% of us are smokers," he estimates sadly, "and we behave collectively like an addict . . . Radical cure of tobacco smoking lies in its prevention and tobacco smoking is no more difficult to prevent than opium smoking. Our duty is plain...