Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1889-08-24

proper work without being interfered with. II
Is very hard to say how much a man may
smoke without being injured by its effects. A
iaboring man or a strong man who has really
no nerves can smoke any amount and any kind
of tobacco. But a man of nervous tempera-
ment, delicate. slight and thin, should smoke
very moderately if he smokes at all. Nicotine
is cumulative poison like arsenic. Arseni-
accumulates in the pores Of the skin and nico-
tine In the brain"
THE CIGARETTE THE MOST INJURIOUS.
Another leading physician believes that if a
man can do without tobacco he will be all the
petter Tor II, and he would never advise any
one to begin to smoke, although he is a smoker
himself. The doctori is temperate man though
and smokes judiciously. He said:
The habit of smoking or chewing tobacco is
a very injurious one. Tobacco acts a
stimulant has worked off the smoker
feels worse than he did before he COM
menced to smoke, that is, if he smokes
merely 10 have his brain or nerves stimulated.
Tobacco acts on the heart and if INDUCED in
10 excess produces an irregular or tobacco heart
ana also lrrltates the mucous membrane. If
tine neart becomes affected, and the action of it is
irregular the nervous entire system is disorgan-
i1ed- Inc most injurious form in which to-
pacco Is put up nowadays is as a
cigarette. The tobacco used in cigarette
Il usually OF an inferior quality;
by peculiar fiayoring which the manufactur-
ers use and which is very injurious to the
smoker. Sometimes they put saltpetre in the
tobacco to keep it from drying too quickly, and
IN addition to all these bad features there is
poison contained in the paper. Then the paper
acts as sort of conductor. 1t absorbs the
nicotine and conducts it to the lips and mouth,
ana In many cases produces poison of the lips,
mouth and throat
INHAIING THE sMoEr
OF cigarette is also very injurious. 1t Injuries
the delicate membranes of the throat A
simple experiment which will show how injuri-
GUS cigarette smoke inhaled may be is easily
performed by means of handkerchief After
taking mouthful of smoke put the handker-
chief tightly over the lips and blow the smoke
throughlt. You will find dark brown stain on it.
II the smoke is inhaled and then blown through
the handkerchief. there is very little stain al
all IL any. Consequently all that nicotine must
remain In the lungs. Next to cigarette smok-
ing consider pipe smoking the most injurious
ana cigar smoke the least injurious; that Is, il
you smoke decent cigar. The stem of pipe
becomes saturated with nicotine and by
constantly holding this in the teeth and
ups IT will very often produce cancer of
the lip. Then the smoke from a pipe is
much stronger than the smoke from a cigar.
The nicotine accumulates in the bowl of the
pipe and it is almost impossible to keep the
pipe clean. This nicotine is drawn into the
mouth when drawing the smoke and conse-
quently great deal more nicotine is absorbed
when smoking pipe than in smoking a cigar.
In cigar the nicotine usually remains around
the end that is put into the mouth.
TEMPERAMENT OF SMOKERS.
1t depends entirely upon the temperament of
the smoker how much he is able to smoke with
out being seriously injured Nervous persons
can'tstand much smoking. Somewho have nerves
like iron smoke nearly ali day, but they are very
seriously affected by this excessive use of
tobacco, because it affects their appetite. The
best time to smoke is after meals Then a
cigar will have pleasing, soothing effect. No
one should ever smoke on an empty stomach
don't know that any benefit is derived from
smoking. think a man would be great deal
better off if he would let tobacco alone.
know he would have more money, because it
is an expensive habit. Exactly how much
nicotine it takes to poison man is not known.
A man who is hard smoker would probably
require much more nicotine to poison him than
a man who doesn't smoke at all or one of a
nervous temperament"