WILL AND SMOKING
Sir,—lf it takes “the provision of as much physical activity and constructive occupation as possible, a supply of detective fiction (presumably as coun-ter-narcotic) or other suitable mental diversion to distract attention during unoccupied moments,” according to Miss Flora T. Beck, tutor in social medicine, and based upon personal experience*, to wean a person from smoking, just how much energy, thought, attention, etc., goes into the actual process itself? If drink is said to make motorists accident-prone, has any test been made" to show if bus or motor-drivers are fully and intelligently alert while driving and smoking? Tobacco, a narcotic, is used by many in charge of lives of others. Can the senses react as swiftly under the effect of such in time of accident danger to avoid trouble? I —Yours, etc., DREAM STATES. 'August 25, 1953.
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Press, Volume LXXXIX, Issue 27128, 26 August 1953, Page 7
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