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12 The Health Bulletin November, 193 J^ Cigarettes, Women, and Babies ON October 9 the News and Ob-server published a letter from Mr. W. F. Marshall, an old and respected newspaper man of Raleigh. In this letter Mr. Marshall took the position that the high infant death rate in North Carolina might be due to cigarette-smoking mothers through their expectant period as well as during the infancy of the baby. Mr. Marshall stated that in his opinion ''the tremendous advertising drive begun a few years ago to make a market for the 'stinkies' among girls and young women is about due now to be showing results that it is only natural to expect." Mr. Marshall concluded his letter by stating that, "I know of no statistics showing the effect of cigarette smoking upon infant mortality in North Carolina/' etc. The next day, October 10, the editor of the Islexos and Ohsei^ver devoted some space in an editorial to Mr. Marshall's contention. The title of the editorial was "Too Easy." The editor suggested that ''This would be a very simple world if the cause of all our troubles could be as easily pointed as Mr. W. F. Marshall would point the cause of high infant mortality rates in North Carolina." Further, to quote the editorial, "The cigarette may be a great evil. Smoking them is certainly a costly and useless habit. But to place upon cigarettes the blame for infant mortality in North Carolina is to shut all eyes to the carelessness, ignorance, and filth which every day in North Carolina kill more babies than all the tobacco grown since the weed was first discovered in use among the Indians of America has killed via the pipe, the snuff-box, and the cigarette." On October 15 the News and Observer published a letter from Mr, John B. Palmer, of Warrenton, North Carolina. Mr. Palmer quotes some of Mr. Marshall's statements, and then adds the following: "These are startling charges. Mr. Marshall should give the names of 'a noted physician' and 'another prominent physician' referred to in his article. The Health Bulletin, a publication highly esteemed in North Carolina, shows on the front page of its October issue an alarming increase in infant deaths in North Carolina for the first seven months of 1934. "The November issue of The Health Bulletin cannot let these charges go unchallenged. The public expects Mr. Marshall to give the names of the physicians making the charges, and further expects The Health Bulletin to give a scientific medical viewpoint on 'Cigarettes and Babies.' " In the same issue of the News a7id Observer Mr. Marshall comes back with another letter devoted to attention to the editorial just above quoted. We are quoting the above for several reasons: First, we are receiving an increasing number of letters at the office of the State Board of Health from people wanting to know what we know about the effect of cigarette smoking on the mothers of the State; second, when thinking men like Mr. Palmer, Mr. Marshall, and the editor of the Netvs and Observer devote time and space to a discussion centering around issues appearing in The Health Bulletin, and particularly in such complimentary terms as Mr. Palmer uses, we feel that those gentlemen as well as our reading public should have a statement from us in this connection. Therefore another reason for the attention at this time to this subject is that the State Board of Health, nor any other scientific organization in the country, has at present any definite information as to just what effect, if any, the smoking of cigarettes will have on an
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-04: The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-049 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Fixed Title * | Page 12 |
Document Title | The Health Bulletin [1914-1973] |
Subject Topical | Public health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Subject Topical Other | Public Health -- North Carolina -- Periodicals. |
Contributor | North Carolina. State Board of Health. |
Publisher | Raleigh, North Carolina State Board of Health. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1934 |
Identifier | NCHH-04-049-0194 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
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Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 49 |
Issue Number | 12 |
Page Number | 12 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | 12 The Health Bulletin November, 193 J^ Cigarettes, Women, and Babies ON October 9 the News and Ob-server published a letter from Mr. W. F. Marshall, an old and respected newspaper man of Raleigh. In this letter Mr. Marshall took the position that the high infant death rate in North Carolina might be due to cigarette-smoking mothers through their expectant period as well as during the infancy of the baby. Mr. Marshall stated that in his opinion ''the tremendous advertising drive begun a few years ago to make a market for the 'stinkies' among girls and young women is about due now to be showing results that it is only natural to expect." Mr. Marshall concluded his letter by stating that, "I know of no statistics showing the effect of cigarette smoking upon infant mortality in North Carolina/' etc. The next day, October 10, the editor of the Islexos and Ohsei^ver devoted some space in an editorial to Mr. Marshall's contention. The title of the editorial was "Too Easy." The editor suggested that ''This would be a very simple world if the cause of all our troubles could be as easily pointed as Mr. W. F. Marshall would point the cause of high infant mortality rates in North Carolina." Further, to quote the editorial, "The cigarette may be a great evil. Smoking them is certainly a costly and useless habit. But to place upon cigarettes the blame for infant mortality in North Carolina is to shut all eyes to the carelessness, ignorance, and filth which every day in North Carolina kill more babies than all the tobacco grown since the weed was first discovered in use among the Indians of America has killed via the pipe, the snuff-box, and the cigarette." On October 15 the News and Observer published a letter from Mr, John B. Palmer, of Warrenton, North Carolina. Mr. Palmer quotes some of Mr. Marshall's statements, and then adds the following: "These are startling charges. Mr. Marshall should give the names of 'a noted physician' and 'another prominent physician' referred to in his article. The Health Bulletin, a publication highly esteemed in North Carolina, shows on the front page of its October issue an alarming increase in infant deaths in North Carolina for the first seven months of 1934. "The November issue of The Health Bulletin cannot let these charges go unchallenged. The public expects Mr. Marshall to give the names of the physicians making the charges, and further expects The Health Bulletin to give a scientific medical viewpoint on 'Cigarettes and Babies.' " In the same issue of the News a7id Observer Mr. Marshall comes back with another letter devoted to attention to the editorial just above quoted. We are quoting the above for several reasons: First, we are receiving an increasing number of letters at the office of the State Board of Health from people wanting to know what we know about the effect of cigarette smoking on the mothers of the State; second, when thinking men like Mr. Palmer, Mr. Marshall, and the editor of the Netvs and Observer devote time and space to a discussion centering around issues appearing in The Health Bulletin, and particularly in such complimentary terms as Mr. Palmer uses, we feel that those gentlemen as well as our reading public should have a statement from us in this connection. Therefore another reason for the attention at this time to this subject is that the State Board of Health, nor any other scientific organization in the country, has at present any definite information as to just what effect, if any, the smoking of cigarettes will have on an |
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