The Helena independent. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1875-1943, 1892-04-11

the question In the minds Of the Thought
full smokers as to whether they will be
obliged to give mp the loved weed alto
Rather. or. at least, seek solace from a pipe.
We have few authentic records Of men who
have been injured by not using tobacco,
and it is equally true that there are very
few inatancss when men have besn hurt by
the moderate and reasonable use of the
'divine herb" AZ the old English writer's
delighted in calling II. II IL the abuse Of
tobacco. not its use, which harms.
It mon were to consume KAN sand
wiches IT the rate that some smokers barn
cigars o. cigarettes. outraged nature would
protest and the victim of the ham sand
wich habit would suffer. Yet no one thinks
of starting q crusade against ham sand
wiches on that account. no congressman
wants TO tax them and no Legislature inves-
tigatss their bansful properties. Az a
smoker I can but feel al affection for the
plant which has afforded me 80 much pleas
ure, and as . cigarette smoker / am natur-
ally impellcd to defend the form in which
I find tobacco most grateful to my aensos.
/ do not urge others to smoke cigarettes, I
do not recommend their use for growing
boys. I can only say that | use them and
fail to note any evil results. It is to q great
extent a matter Of temperament. /, for cx-
ample, have becn obliged to give up coffee,
of which ] am e~xcesdinely fond, because to
can drink coffee with IMMUNITY, but is made
ill by smoking q single cigar.
Tho danger of cigarette smoking lies
largely in the fact shat the tiny rolls are
easily lighted and so easily thrown away
that the smoker onsums more than he
-~rlsror KEA ill $nkn - fA~y rw ~ nA~
cigarette whom he would not think Of light
ing . cigar or pipe, and these few pnffs
count up in the course OF q day. The idea
that cigarettes are druggsd or that the pa
per is poisonous ID the most utter rot. In
tslligent people dc not believe II \ lengsr.
fore the public the tobacco is as pure as it
in possible for it to be. In GER
tain brands the very finest grade
Ct Virginia golden Loaf ID used
and tho greatest care 10 taken in selecting
and working it. In cheaper cigarettes
druqgsd or ''adulteratsd" with opium asqthe
anti oigarsttites claim. This absurd charge
has been disproved time and again by care
full scientific investigation. Only a few
weeks ago Prof. Babcock, state assayer of
MASSACHUSETTS, and professor OF chemistry
in tho Massachusetts College OF Pharmacy,
testified before the investigating committee
that in nine samples OF cigarettes which he
had Analysed, not one contained anything
other than pure tobacco, wrapped in pure
rice paper, and further, in his opinion, the
oigai cite furnishes tho least harmful mode
Of using tobacco. #
Curiously enough the most violent oppo-
nents of cigarette smoking are not found
among non-smokers, but among cigar
smokers.
The gentleman who surrounds himself
with the vile stencil Of his fve-ceut .Grab-
lola Flor de Cabbage can find no words
strong enough to express his dstestation of
cigarettes and his contempt for the men
Of smokers that the weird tales Of cigarette
poisoning and adulteration s~nnanate.
sometimes ran,ind these cigarette phobiaos
that Gen. Grant died of eanocr produocd
by cigar smoking. that no one ever heard
of a oigarstte causing ''smsksr's CANCER
and as my cigar smoking friend bitten off
the tip Of his Rcgalin de Hoboken. Itell
him OF the colored brothers l nave seen in
New Orleans and Key West deity rolling
the wrapper until they come down to the