New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-08-26
VHY CIGARETTES ARE INJURIOUS.
THE SCIENTIFIC REASONING OF AN INyErERArE
CIGARETTE.sMOKER.

THE SCIENTIFIC REASONING OF AN INyErERATE
CIGARRTTE.sMOKER.
A TRIBUNE reporter, wishing TO get some ac-
ourate Information regarding the mueh-dspued qnos-
ton Of the injurious effects OF cigareue-sinoKing
sought In formation the subject from Wei-Kho""
physician who made diseases of the lungs ana ar
his special study as cgnrette-sm King iur-
ousY" the physician re Gated thOug0tug, as he blew
wreath of blue smoke ais lungs in dreamy man
ner; Eyes; all smoking injurious as Tar as that goes
and In my opinion ciGarertesmoking espec'ay Ao anu
for the following reason" Paung at this point 10 ght
a fresh cigarette. he continued: You see, wheh aH
oats To smoking cigaret,ss he smokes them where ne
could not light cigar pipe; he snokesn iac' az u
times and all seasons. aud 80, as rule the oearo'.o
smoker consumes tobacco really than the man VINO
devotes himself coloring meerschsum or erPp'es
his income by INDUCING in good cigsrs"
Jhen there rs one thing OF the cgarette-snoker
which the nj DC smoker avoids aud that Is the nba-
laon Of smoke More than 90 cent OF the men VINO
smoke cigarettes babtuay i1hae the smoke and that
where the great harm and peril to the smoker lie.
Hero the doctor blew cloud OF thin smoke from the
deepest OF his lungs and went on Al nrst III
constant or acri Irritating sno2e' ioauou
with particles OF caTbon-the ourhS paper-
causes simply irritation and cnrcnic congestion OF ihs
air passages but sooner later get perm 'uent or
anie change ana disease The Particles of carbon Will
in time 10 m deposits little ools which Ia turn
become starting points for disease and gra iualy yoa
get torn OF lung trouble which Is closely analogous 10
that form OF consumption known as Coal hlner'
Phthisis Then again throat AM upper air passages
suffer greatly in this kind OF smoking. the rschea nav
irg very many glands whci take no the hico
ne and carry into the circulation wnen SMOKE u
inhaled Why" said the doctor, warming Win MS SUD
iect when smoke my first cigarette before breakfast
II often makes me so drunk can hardly Dress because
Of that time the glands particularly active and the
stomach Is empty.
ayes cigarette smoking IS the increase and Is COM
paratyely new IN United States Fifteen years ago
no American cigarettes manufactured and ieW OK
cept Cnbans spaniards AMI foreigners generally used
tobacco in this form"
"yhy do not Cubans aud spAnards get lung disease
from smoking cigarettesp
Fr one special disease Ia less frequent among
the Southern smokers than this country ana that Is
the difference climate. Here We are cpntihuilV n-p
ing against a climate which. owing 10 lts coDshnI huu
sever changes ia peculiarly trying TO the hnSs anu
Won add auo her Of irritation IT'S ony baturA
that 40 sensitive and delicate structure shouu give "u'
sooner or later 49,, nh. 4. mn .o,h
thing IN a man smokes cigarettes nj AL. sooner OF
ier he will smoke almost necessarily and inhale every
woiff he draws ana one can make tine genera rnle
with perfect safety hst Is by Tar Tue
most INJURIOUS form smoGing. ana that no one can l
duye nj TO any extent without iuin2 INTO uah.rrou
excess and nores the pity the practice Is seady on