text: In later years , Hitler viewed smoking as `` decadent '' and `` the wrath of the Red Man against the White Man , vengeance for having been given hard liquor '' , lamenting that `` so many excellent men have been lost to tobacco poisoning '' .
simplified: In later years , Hitler viewed smoking as `` decadent '' ( meaning that it was bad for his health ) and `` the wrath of the Red Man against the White Man , vengeance for having been given hard liquor '' , lamenting that `` so many excellent men have been lost to tobacco poisoning '' .