The statements concerning tobacco are of the highly propagandized tone.
The teacher will need other material to aid the students here. "Tobacco
and Health" (4) is recommended.

C. Patent Medicines, pp. 494-496, 502

 1. What are patent medicines, pp. 494-496
 2. Mental ill health, p. 502

 This section is well written.


Florida Wealth or Waste by Florida State.Department of Education, Tallahassee
Florida, 1946,
(State Adoptod)
 Growing of tobacco, p. 140


 Building of Our LifeTogether by Arnold and Banks. Publisher: Row,
 Peterson and Company, New York, 1939.
 (Out of adoption)

 A. Liquor Control--social aspects, p. 543

 The ninth grade adopted social studies texts are excellent materials
with which to correlate information in the field of alcohol and narcotics
study. Little material is'given but there is need for better understanding
of the relation of alcohol, narcotics, and stimulants to social welfare,


Be Healthy by Crisp. Publisher: J. P. Lippincott and Company, New York,
1938. pp. 432-450.
(Out of adoption)

A. Tobacco

 1. What is it
 2. Its effects on the heart, respiratory system, blood, etc.
 3. Whether one should smoke
 4. From economic standpoint
 5. In consideration of others

 It would be well to include some economic studies as to the average
 cost per year to the moderate and to the heavy smoker; also give a clear
 picture of the unhealthful and often untrue statements that appear in much
 of the tobacco industry's advertising.

 B. Alcohol

 1. What is it
 2. In the body


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