Charles G. Pease
American physician and anti-smoking activist
Charles Giffin Pease (1854–1941) was an American physician, dentist and anti-smoking activist. He was founder and president of the Non-Smokers Protective League.
Career
Pease practiced dentistry and medicine in New York City. He was best known as an anti-smoking and tobacco activist who was instrumental in bringing about legislation prohibiting smoking in elevated trains and subways. In 1910, he formed the Non-Smoking Protective League to promote legislation against smoking in "public and semi-public places". His anti-tobacco stance was based on ethical and religious principles. In 1911, he argued that unhealthful smoking odors and fumes violated constitutional rights.
Pease was a teetotaller and vegetarian. He campaigned against capital punishment, corsets, vaccination, meat, coffee, cocoa and sugary drinks and tea. On his 85th birthday he spoke out against the killing of animals for meat, commenting that "the dear chickens, how they scream and struggle in their effort to break away from the hands of the assassin.
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