Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1888-03-31
A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION.
Why Cigarette smoking IL
More Injurious than Cigar Smoking.

"Have one, DOCTOR" said young man IN the
lobby at AlDaugh's the other night 10 en- older
companion, prorering, as he spoke, 4 package Of
cigarettes.
''No, thank you answered the doctor, who Is 4
specialist IN diseases OF the throat. ''When /
commit the crime Of smoking at all make IL cap
tai and smoke a cigar
"Then you mean TO say that smoking a cigar is
worse than smoking a cigarette?' Inquired the
nrst speaker.
"No, don't mean that at ALL said the doctor,
'fOr cigarette smoking is the worst form In which
tobacco can be used Cigarettes are far more IL
furious than cigars or pipe"
pardon me for saying IL, doctor. but only half
believe that suppose have heard Thousand
persons say the same thing. and have read In
The papers any number OF interviews with physi-
clans condemning cigarette Smoking In particular
but have never yet seen or heard really good
reason given why tobacco smoked IN the form Of
cigarettes should be more injurious than when
smoked IN any other way. barring tie question OF
paper OF which, think, 10 Is now pretty generally
agreed there Is hot enough In cigarettes 10 10 any
harm
Il viii tel you precisely why cigarette smoking
IS more Injurious than cigar smoking. II Is be-
cause the smoke from cigarette contains more
Nicotine than that from a ci gar made or the same
Tobacco This can lie demonstrated 10 De a fact
b. filing two bottles with the different smoke and
submitting IL 10 analysis The reason for this is
that the tobacco IN the cigarette is loosely rolled
and the smoke loses little or nothing In passing
through u 10 the mouth. Now, In q cigar the To-
baccO, being tightly rolled. acts as sort OF
strHlher 10 the smoke, which deposits q con-
siderable portion Of Its nicotine along the
fntsrsces Of the cigar its route To the smokers
mouth Even n the cigarette was as tightly
rolled as the cigar, the former would still be more
injurious because IL y shorter than the cigar and
the smoke thus has less chance OF losing any por-
ton OF It's nicotine before reaching the smoker
Thus II Is that smoke from long cigar made O,
strong tobacco contains less nicotine when N
reaches the smokers mouth than the smoke from
q short cigar made OF much mider tobacco"
well you have given the f1rst rational explana
ton OF the greater inJur1OusneSs OF cigarette
smoking have yet hearl." said the Doctors com
panlo1. as he recklessly 1T cigarette and beyan
10 pun away with apparently no less gratifcafiOn
than before he was convinced OF the pe.uliar
danger or the practice. "But have been SMOKING
cigarettes Tor fourteen years, and still live
YES; but you know they inJure you don't your,
asked the doctor.
~Yes, feel they do when / smoke twenty or so
q day. answered the other. "In fact Sometimes
] can feel the effect on my nerves Of . single CT
garette."
''rhen why don't you stop using them. Learn
10 I've according TO the dictates OF pure reason
young man" the doctor warningly Remarked AZ
the bell rang and he slowly moved away 10 re-
enter the auditorium
That's all well enough TO say, doctor = the
younger man answered, shut how many men do
IL? How many doctors, even, do IT: Do you do 1t
YOURSELF"
The doctor only laughed and passed in TO the
Auditorium.