The Curse of the Liquor Traffic presents Ellen White's strong condemnation of alcohol production, sale, and consumption from moral, social, and spiritual perspectives. This pamphlet addresses the devastating effects of alcohol on individuals, families, and society. White typically covered: alcohol's physical and mental destruction, moral degradation following intemperance, family suffering from alcoholism, economic waste, crime and violence connections, and spiritual deadness resulting from indulgence. The pamphlet emphasized that the liquor traffic represents Satan's work destroying souls, that Christians should oppose it through temperance advocacy and legislation, and that total abstinence is the only safe position. White called the liquor business a curse upon humanity that civilized society should eliminate. This represents strong prophetic voice against social evil.
Temperance advocates, legislators, church members addressing social evils, those battling alcoholism, and believers understanding Christian responsibility to oppose destructive practices.