The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1881-06-29
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Neutrality-suspicious. or the Doctors.
A gentleman representing one Of the
cigarette manufacturing establish.
ments in the United States was In the city
yesterday. A reporter asked him how
many cigarettes were made and sold in
this country last year, "one billion seven
hundred and twenty eight million" A
little mathematical calculation was entered
into upon learning these astounding fg'
ures, A cigarette is about three inches
long, The number manufactured last
year would therefore reach over three
times around the globe at the equator.
In the smaller packages are ten cigarettes
which retail for ten cents or one cent
each, which involved an outlay, principal
ly by the boys and Young men OF the
country, last year, OF $l7, $50 200, an as
founding sum.
Each year the manufacture Of cigarettes
Is largely increased, said the gentleman
referred TO, "boys everywhere are getting
to smoke and in almost every case 1t leads
Ia cigars, pipes aud chewing tobacco"
Doubtless the prevalence OF the habit has
been noticed in Wheeling, Bays from
eight to twenty think 1t the proper and
nobby thing to do to smoke these little
tubes OF dragged paper filled with similar
ly treated tobacco, In fact the boys oil
Wheeling wai referred to as a class by an
observing gentlemen &c the Cigarette
Smokers" and the term wa applicable,
The reporter inquired OF one retail tobac'
conist the number Of cigarettes he sold on
an average per month. Between twelve
and fifteen thousand or about one hundred
and fifty thousand q year" he replied
Now, II the balance Of the cigar stores sell
even one half OF this number or even a
quarter oil them each, SONS idea OF the
quantity consumed here in Wheeling can
be imagined, There is another class oil
cigarette smokers who "Ioll" their own
cigarettes and as they come much cheaper
that way 1t Ia presumed that the number
made In this way Is quite large. When
cigarettes were comparatively q novelty in
this city and bel IRE their sale was made
80 lucrative n cigar manufacturer and
dealer had posted In his case printed
Warnings OF the unheAlthiulness Of using
them. II the writer remembers rightly
Ab16Itluu Whh uhud tlht tuelT usb luuuEeu
lung and throat troubles, and msde pois'
oning by nicotine Q comparatively easy
task, One sees no such warnings now In
tobacco shops.
Perhaps cigarettes would be rendered
less harmful II their nature permitted
them to be smoked like cigars, But the
smoke Ia 30 light in density that some oil
II at every Inhalation passes into the
throat, nostrils or lunga. Then lots oil
boys who smoke cigarettes deem II the
correct thing 10 force the smoke out
through the nostrila, it thereby passing
through the nasal and throat passages,
Now II any cigarette smoker will blow
several moulhiHls Of smoke through the
meshes OF q silk handkerchief by holding
1t close TO his mouth he will notice that
dark brown stains are left on the handker.
chief. These stains are made by tho
mic ltins IN the tobacco, and the same de,
posits are left In like manner In the gmnk.
ers thrOats, lungs and nostrils, IL filming
the muGuJ membrane aud ENGINEERING
the surspt method Ct poisoning the sys'
TEN with the most harmful quality OF 10.
blCCo. A few drops OF 1t placed on the
tongue OF a deg will kill him pretty nearly
as quick as a bullet In q vital part.
DESTROYS OF ssCer,ainipg what opinion
the medical fraternity here held on the
subject OF cigarette smoking and its evil
effects on the human constitution, the
writer, during his rounds yesterday. made
a point to solicit Of all the doctors whom
he met some ideas on the subject, which
are fled below
Dr.. E. c. Myers-Oubeb smoking Ia
injurious TO the kidneys usually and be-
sides 1t leads to smoking tobacco Ciga
rettes and the use OF the weed Ia other
forms, which, Of course, sffsCa the ner.
vous system and stunts the physical
growth OF youth. Cigarettes affect differ.
emit constitutions differently, but 1t Ia
harmful 10 all.
Dr.. r. 8. Harvey-''The impression that
cigarette smoking is less harmful than
cigar smoking, Is erroneous, and for this
reason: that many more oil them are
smoked, and 10 make them pleasant the
tobacco In them Ia favored, often with
deleterlous substances, and the habit,
which ! notice Ia pretty general around
here Of swallowing the smoke, 10 abomina.
ble."
Dr.. Enthusiastically the
habit Of cigarette smoking by boys and
young men. isa dangerous one 10 health !"
DR.. Bullard-"When The smoke OF
cigarettes is swallowed, az | noticed that
II generally is, and expelled, In part,
through the nostrils, It has q tendency to
excite catarrh. II expelled as cigar smoke
lie, their use would not be 80 harmful"
DR.. Frissel-"I would not know Just ex.
actly how to discriminate between cigar.
cite and tobacco smoking. | do not know
positively that cigarettes ore drupged, but
l believe they make the air and throat
passages dryi rob them OF their natural
secretions, inCite Dyspepsia aud effect the
eyes. They are certainly not conducive
TO health by any means"
Dr.. Rhees-"I have noticed that The
young boys here use cigarettes very much.
The opinion, 1 believe, among the pro.
fession is, that cigarette smoking Ia very
harmful 10 the system, and especially to
that Of youth. am informed that some
OF the paper used In the manufacture Of
cigarettes has arsenic In II, and certainly,
that Is 50, It's consumption must be
deleterious."
DR.. Bates-"From what | hear | am led
to believe thata portion Of the composition
Of the paper used In cigarettes Is poison.
Gus. ! know u gentleman in this city
whose health | believe WAS seriously i'm.
paired by using cigarettes. A case is
from New York OF q man who
was rendered deaf by cigarette smoking
At least his physicians claimed that wSs
the main cause Of his deafness"
DR.. Jepson-"1 have no opinion outside
the Use Of the tobacco 10 them and the
bad effects Of this are conceded
when used immodefately."
Dr.. Stifel-"The smoke Of cigarettes is
undoubtedly inhaled more than the smoke
Of cigars, and consequently 10 more hurt.
l have no knowledge OF any poison.
ous substances being used with The tobaCco
10 cigarettes or In the paper"
Dr.. Oampbell-"Cigafett smoking is
productive OF nssal Calatrh."
Dr. Allen-"Smoked the way cigarettes
are en- 1ked here they are az bad al an old
pipe. Perhaps they arc worse. The smoke
loes into the lungs TO seine extent and is
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