A Kind Word to Lads, on Tobacco.
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A Kind Word to Lads, on Tobacco.
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A nineteenth-century broadside warns young boys of the dangers of smoking, which include illness and death. The handbill also claims that tobacco can be responsible for inducing a dangerous precocity, developing the passions, softening the bones, and injuring the spinal marrow and whole nervous fluid. This kind word to lads is credited to Uncle Toby, a beloved fictional character in Laurence Sternes The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman, a best-selling novel published in nine volumes between 1759 and 1767. This anti-tobacco sheet is included in the collection of John Hartwell Cockes papers at the University of Virginia. Cocke, a Fluvanna County plantation owner and reformer, opposed the cultivation and use of tobacco. He circulated anti-tobacco tracts in Virginia and distributed medals to boys who promised never to indulge in the substance. Citation: John Hartwell Cocke Papers, 1725-1931, Accession #640. Special Collections, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.
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Uncle Toby: Creator (cre)
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