Tobacco has simply worked havoc among mankind. Once caught in its tangle, it is rare to find anyone get out again….Tolstoy has called it the worst of all intoxicants.
In India people use tobacco for smoking, snuffing and also for chewing….lovers of (or seekers after) health, if they are slaves to any of these evil habits, will resolutely get out of the slavery. Several people are addicted to one, two or all the three of these habits. They do not appear loathsome to them. But if we think over it calmly, there is nothing becoming about blowing off smoke or keeping the mouth stuffed with tobacco and pan practically the whole day long or keep on opening the snuff box and take snuff every now and then. All the three are most dirty habits.
Excerpt from ‘Key to Health’ – Pages 39-42
