Telegram-herald., 1889-11-11
PIPES AID PUFFERS
DO roc ENJOY I0CR CIGARS


3 snort -.ule ce-.gs nis tals- llaess cz-r-
Fled one u the oesg IS rollll EsS foTx-
ers ~ TIE other saaF- tnaE we doctors
rarely agree Ca 1ls sct u ro1accO.
Eec4lse Elcollns ID t.e lcrlFs pEuclDls
~ lie weed, - poisonous ln its ISOLATED
form. tie inference L.s Teen broadly
drawn Lk4s the man - ho SMOKES o.
eLe'~s muss &C LngaFlously Affected. Tie
experience u mankind. however. does
Rot conn-u Lns cOnciusl0u Ask auv
CONSUMER u state distinctly EhzI Kind
u pleasure or and of inllry the d4liy
use of tohacco produces, IT Why hs con
t4uuss tie inlllssncs. ana uol Cne n q
lanlrel can give yel = satisfactory an
ever 81 l0 ever heard a man say hs en-
- -moE.lg when hs couldn't see the
sa..ae. W attributed las shake IA the
morning % Lhe SMOKE ot the uight be-
f1ref
Another poiar noting. couun-
uel tas doctor raphlcal lalI-
t4ls a-d colsrl,l.- .... much u do
N.-A che popular E4.-. Ia New Eng
ll1. for instance. t..te Is a large and
conscientious body ol aen and Womea
WHO would suppress tAe u4e Of tooaclo
IL .hey could 5y legislative enactment
while isom the cosmopolitan city OF New
York a0uLhEard. one is brought IN con
tact with the habit ll is most offensive
forms. Cllef among these IS the cigar
etre. lt Is o4t sAors time ago that
physician Vas suddenly summoned to
attend one of ths brightest Young men
I'D the metropolis Wllle sayi1g good
~ 90 bis hosts one evening be dropped
i.ke a l0e. 2nd then followed a succession
~ spasuls. jerks ana uncomfortable mus
culag motions chat lasted t0r nearly three
weeks. The doctor had all he could do
O. save the young mans ife, and it VIII
De months before he RECEIVERS anything
A4e his flrl1e- health. Inquiry deyei-
OueI the fact tlat on the dav Of the az
tack ha had smoked forty of the poison
Gus pests- Now, IL rAe nicotine stains 50
often seen on the fingers of cigarette
smoker can So easily discol0r the outside.
what must be- Che elecl on tAe more deli
e2to membranes ot lle throat, lun-s ana
bood vessels. The truth is. more iasidi-
Cus harm b done to the system by the
indi-criminaJe and habiual smoking OF
cigarettes rhan by tue use II bad liquor
This brings out another thought
There is danger in being miscellaneously
polite. Among The patients OF a friend
Cf mine i5 i gentleman who is throat
ened with the loss Of his arm from
poison which be is supposed 70 have
absorbed by handling cigar after IL
had been returned Co him by q stranger
who bad borrowed it for q light. The
latter was probably engaged IN some
business IN which poisonous substances
are used. and, uegiscting % wash his
fingers had uncou-ci0usly left a trace Of
tae poison that produced the disaster.
j. smokers could see the fifth tha--sur-
rounds ulne-tenths of the uen and wo-
men WHO manipulate The weed. their
careless and mc-sau hlo.ls. and observe
the nasty fingers ami sometimes lips
tao- put on the finishing touches OF q so
called ReCalla, there would be . larger
demand for cigar holders, and instead
ol biting before lighting. they would use
a Sn.fs go clip the folded end.
There are, doubtless. cases. contin-
ued che doctor, lin which cancerous af-
fsctions Of the lips ana malignant dis
eases " the stomach are trecsable TO the
abuse cf tobacco, but have found few
among the records. compared with the
extraorliuarv number of people in pub
DE- and private life who use the weed.
that Z .istrate the iiea of permanent iu-
f.-r o.. r...~el-s 81, .--.r.raf cool fa~ l+I