--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 23 number: 2 published: 1919-12 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: "Young Men's Mutual Improvement Associations, \"Priesthood Quorums' Table,\" *Improvement Era* 23, no. 2 (December 1919): 178." source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2302unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera2302unse start_page: 178 end_page: 178 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1919-12) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera2302unse publication_year: 1919 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1919, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Priesthood Quorums' Table /PRIESTHOOD QUO-yH "-RUMS' TABLE rmn— ' ® THE IDAHO CIGARETTE LAW. The Idaho statutes prohibiting the sale or the giving away, either di- rectly or indirectly, of cigarettes to persons under the age of 21 years, and making it a misdemeanor for any such persons of minor age to smoke cig- arettes or use tobacco in any form in any public place, are as follows: Section 6935. Sale of Cigarettes to Minors: It shall not be lawful for any merchant, trader, peddler, pharmacist, druggist, apothecary, or any other person or persons, male or female, in this state, with or without a license, to sell by wholesale or retail, or give away, directly or indirectly, to any person or persons, male or female, under the age of 21 years, cigar- ettes for smoking, or the compounds of tobacco used in tne filling or make- up of cigarettes for the purpose of chewing or smoking. Any merchant, trader, peddler, pharmacist, druggist or apothecary, or any other person or persons in this state violating the provisions of this section shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined in the sum of $100 and the cost of the prosecution. Section 6936. Use of Tobacco by Minors: Every minor person and every minor pupil in any school, college or university, who shall smoke or use cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form, or in any public road, alley, street, park or other lands used for public purposes, or in any public place of business, shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction thereof shall be punished for each offense by a fine of not more than $10, and every person who shall furnish any cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form, to such minor persons, or who shall permit such minor persons to frequent any premises owned, held or managed by him, for the purpose of indulging in the use of cigarettes, cigars or tobacco in any form shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than $25 nor more than $100 for each offense. (6936, 150, p. 519.) The following resolution was unanimously adopted by the High Coun- cil and by a conference of the Bishops, on November 1, 1919, and was by unanimous vote ratified and adopted by the general quarterly conference of the Boise stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, to- wit: Whereas, it has been the teaching and practice of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints since the year 1833 that "tobacco is not good for man," and Whereas, there has been a general and tremendous growth in the cig- arette evil during recent years, particularly among the young people of both sexes, and inasmuch as it is an establised fact that said evil is in- jurious to health as well as demoralizing in its effects, and Whereas, it is a criminal offense for any minor to indulge in the use of tobacco in any public place or public building within the state: Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved: That we, the officers and members of the Boise stake of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, do stand unanimously for the suppression of the cigarette evil by instituting an active campaign against it and by a vigorous enforcement of the laws of the State of Idaho relating thereto, and we do hereby solemnly pledge ourselves individually and collectively to work unceasingly to that end. — Boise stake Presidency.