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In the Driftway
August 21, 1929 issue

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Clarence K. Streit typewrites from Geneva, Switzerland, not New York to cast doubt upon the theory that the Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) gave the cigarette its greatest boost toward respectability and popularity. By tacitly removing its ban from cigarette smoking during the World War the YMCA made "coffin nails" respectable for men, a necessary preliminary to becoming respectable among women. Characterizing this idea as a theory in fact's clothing, Streit endeavors to deflate.

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YOUNG Men's Christian associations; STREIT, Clarence K.; SMOKING; CIGARETTE smokers; GENEVA (Switzerland); SWITZERLAND
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