Beruflich Dokumente
Kultur Dokumente
1404/1983
TEHRAN - IRAN.
NOTE
This booklet was originally published by Peer-
mahomed Ebrahim Trust in Karachi (Pakistan).
Since the booklet has been found useful and
i nteresting, action has been taken to republish the
same in order to put as many copies within the
reach of people throughout the world.
ALCOHOL
CONTENTS
Page No.
MENTAL EFFICIENCY
SOME STATISTICS
'ALCOHOL'
Tobacco $ 6,000,000,000
Religion and Welfare $ 3,600,000,000
According to the figures of England, Japan
and America, given above, we can come to the
following conclusion for the information and
guidance of Pakistanis for discarding unnecessary
habits and to check the unnecessary wastage on
gambling, arinking, tea, smoking and other harm-
ful addiction :-
(a) No doubt according to the figures given
above, Englishmen who are so rich as
compared with us, drink 247,000,000
cups of tea per day which works out to
an average of 21 cups per head as they
have a population of 5 crores against
which we guess that Pakistanis must be
taking many more cups of tea. We
Pakistanis takes about 400,000,000 cups
if we take 4 cups per day per head.
Japanese smoked 134,900,000,000 ciga-
rettes in 1961, and 126,500,000,000
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IS ALCOHOL A MEDICINE?
Whereas, it is the unanimous opinion of the
Council on Health and Public Instruction of the
A.M.A. that alcohol has no drug value, either
as a stimulant, as - a tonic, or as a therapeutic
agent, and that it has no food value; and
WHEREAS, its use as a beverage or as a thera-
peutic agent is detrimental rather than benefi-
cial to the individual. Therefore, be it resolved
that the House of Delegates of the A.M.A. de-
clares it as opposed to the use of alcohol by
individuals either as a medicine or as a beverage,
and be it further resolved that its use in medicine
is permissible only in the preparatlon and pre-
servation of Pharmaceutical products. (Reso-
lution passed by House of Delegates of Ameri-
can Medical Association 1917).
DRINKING
BISHOP CARPENTER SAYS:
It (Islam) has set an example of sobriety to
the world and has shielded its followers from the
drink plague which destroys the strength of the
nations.
GLADSTONE SAYS:
The End