Smoking lessens the appetite for food through its effects upon the adrenal glands, thus causing stored-up sugar to be released into the ciruclation. . . . Wood, supra , p 101. Wood, supra , p 102. It has long been recognized among physicians that there is a very definite relationship between tobacco and tuberculosis. Not only do the records show the users of tobacco to be more susceptible to the tubercular germ, but their recovery depends in large measure upon abstinence from the weed.
All respiratory diseases are more common among tobacco users than among abstainers.
Due to tobacco smoke containing large quantities of toxic chemicals , smoking leads to tuberculosis. He reported the finding of of 'ronchi' in the lungs of nearly all smokers. Ronchi mean irritation, and irritation means low resistance, an open door to tuberculosis. Kellogg, supra , p 55 . Dr. Wright of St. Mary's Hospital, London, found that nicotine greatly lowers the tuberculo-opsonic index .