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 1914 are Percival S. Hill of the American Tobacco Co. and Ernest G. Liebold of the Ford Motor Co.

Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been selected, including all items written by Edison or bearing substantive marginalia by him.

Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.