Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1890-03-23

The same gentleman has seen some of the
worst effects OF tobacco in the throats OF
women (non-smokers) employed in the large
cigar factory at Seville. Smoking con-
certs" should be anathema maranatha to
the vocalist who has a proper regard for ms
| instrument; he should also scrupulously
avoid smoking carriages on the under
ground ilway, especially at the time oi the
evening exodus from the city. and all other
places where smokers most do congregate.
The effects oversmoking on the throat,
when the habit has not been too long IN
dulged in, can, as rule, be easily cured py
the simple remedy of discontinuing tne
practice which engenders them. In consld-
ering the evils produced by smoking. it
should be borne in mind that there are two
bad qualities contained in the fumes OF
tobacco. The one is the poisonous nicotine
and the other is the high temperature OF the
burning tobacco. The Oriental hookah, In
which the smoke is cooled by being passed
through water before reaching the mouth, IS
probably the least harm ul form of indulg-
ence in tobacco, and the cigarette which is
SO much in vogue nowadays is most certain.
ly the worst. 1t owes this 'bad eminence"
to the very mildness of its action, people
being thereby tempted to smoke all day
long, and easily accustoming themselves to
inhale the fumes into their lungs, and thus
saturating their blood with the poison.
THE PROPER WAY TO SMOKE.
To sum up, I believe that most people can
smoke in moderation without injury, and
that to many tobacco acts as useful nerve
sedative. On the other hand, if INDUCED
in to excess, the habit is always injurious,
and am sure that great many persons
either cannot see or witlfully shut their eyes
to the scientific frontier" which separates
moderation from abuse. 1t must also be
borne in mind that the condition of the
throat as we'll as that of the general health
varies greatly at different times, and that an
amount Of smoking which at one time would
be attended with no bad effect might at
another produce serious harm. Every smoker
knows that when the stomach is out OF order
the pipe or cigar loses its charm; but it is
not so generally known that at such times
the tongue (Which to the experienced eye is
mirror of the invisible stomach) and the
tobacco. If natures warning on these
points are disregarded, as they generally are,
the smoker will bring on himself much un-
necessary discomfort and even suffering.
In connection with the variation in sus-
ceptibility just referred to, it may be men.
toned that persons leading an outdoor life
can, rs a rule, smoke with much greater
impunity than those who spend most Of their
time indoors. It is further worthy of re-
mark that the inhabitants of warm climates
suffer less than the dwellers in what is
probably on the a non lucendo principle,
called the temperate climate of England.
This is doubtless due to the greater resisting
power of throats less harassed by fogs and
east winds, and partly, perhaps, to the use
OF milder tobacco.
To conclude with a little practical advice,
would say to anyone who finds total ab-
stiuence too heroic 4 stretch of virtue, let
him smoke only after a substantial meal,
and if he be singer or speaker, let him do
so after, and never before, using the voice.
Let him smoke nild Havana or long
stemmed pipe charged with cool smoking
tobacco. 1t the charms of the cigarette
are irresistible, let it be smoked
through mouthpiece which is kept clean
with ultra a-Mohammedan strictness. Let
him refrain from smoking pipe, cigar, or
rank and oily eEd. Your Turk, who is
very choice in his smoking and thoroughly
understands the art, always throws away
the near half of his cigarette. Let the
singer who wishes to keep in the 'perfect
way" refrain from inhaling the smoke, and
let him take it as an axiom that the man in
whom tobacco increases the flow of saliva to
any marked degree, is not intended by ma
ture to smoke. Let him be strictly moder-
ate in indulgence-the precise limits each
man must settle for himSelf-and he will
get all the good effect of the soothing plant
without the 5ane which turks in it when
used to excess. MoRELL MACKENZIE.