This folder contains correspondence and other documents pertaining to the harmful effects of tobacco and cigarettes. Also included are items relating to Edison's own smoking habits and his practice of chewing tobacco. Among the correspondents for 1915 are Jennie Hobson Milligan of the Anti-Cigarette League, Charles G. Pease of the Non-Smokers' Protective League, and A. C. Shepherd, chaplain of the California State Prison at San Quentin.
Approximately 1 percent of the documents have been selected, including all items written by Edison or bearing substantive marginalia by him.
[E1520AA], Letter from Anti-Cigarette League of America, Jennie Hobson Milligan to Thomas Alva Edison, January 2nd, 1915 1915-01-02