Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1899-07-08
SUMMER SMOKING.
It is Said Men Smoke Less Than in
Winter.
Most Smokers Though Cannot Tell When They
Smoke the Most.

Whether man smokes as much and as
frequently in hot weather as in cold Is
n question the answer TO which is hard
to determine. The impression is general
that less tobacco is consumed as the
weather grows hotter, and ii is backed up
by the tangible fact that the sales of ci !.
gar dealers fall off during the summer
months. That. however, may be account.
ed for by the absence of many steady
customers from their regular city haunts
throughout the torrid term
Medical men say that invigoratine
weather accelerates the inclination to
smoke. while the opposite condition due
to intense heat, has the reverse elect. In
substantation the doctors argue that d
parched mouth cannot enjoy the smoke
of tobacco as well as when it is in it.
normal moist condition. Intense steady
heat. such as has prevailed Of late. is
facilitating and makes everybody Ian
guild. AS a mans physical condition Is
believed to control the extent of his
smoking. the presumption that he eases
up in hot weather is justified. 1t is not
surprising therefore that the dealers sell
less tobacco in its various forms in the
summer than in the other seasons.
Ask the individual smoker, and in. mos.
cases he cannot tell you whether he
smokes more in winter than in summer
The Indulgence is a habit with most men,
who light cigar or cigarette when they
want one, but do not keep track of the
number they smoke in a day. The me
thodical man knows. however, but he Is
the exception. He will tell you that he
smokes one cigar after dinner, or one
cigar after each meal. and it makes no
difference what the weather may be like,
he smokes no less. no more.
Another class of men smoke only occa-
sionaly, and the effect of the varying
seasons would make practically no differ
cncc. Another class never puys a cigar:
these are just as ready to accept one
when the mercury is kicking the roof off
the thermometer tube as when the icicles
are dangling from the roof tops. 1t is by
the big army of steady smoke-stacks that
the influence of weather conditions mus.
be judgrd-thc chaps who value their
breakfast only because that meal leads
to q smoke, and who keep putting away
throughout the day and evening till bed
time.
Do they, the real thing in smokers.
smoke less in the summer than in cool
weather? Some say yes ard others no
Many average about the same number ol
cigars per day no matter what the
weather may be. One inveterate old
smoker says:
Il smoke before meals. because | am
hungry, and after meals because | am
not hungry. When it is hot I smoke To
get cool, and when it is cold l smoke TO
get warm. smoke between times be-
cause | feel that there is something
wrong when am not smoking
Try the finser-stained cigarette fiend;
ask him in which season he smokes most.
and he'll tell you in summer, Because
| am out of doors much in the WARM
weather | get more opportunities to en-
JOY the dear little things in summer than
in the winter, when have to stay in the
house don't you know"
With some constitutions smoking has a
greater effect upon the system when the
weather is hot than at other times and,
naturally, such men modify their use of
tobacco accordingly AS the stomach is
weak or strong, light or, heavy food is
chosen. With heavy or rich food the APP
petite Tor tobacco Is greater, ana Win
light food less All things considered, it
may be said definitely that the ,.abitual,
regular smoker does not vary his tobacco
rations much throughout the changing
seasons, and that the occasional smoker
consumes less tobacco in summer than in
winter.
A local dealer, in discussing the subject
says: Tobacco is the most sensitive
thing in the world, ana must always be
handled with care anJ consideration. You
can spoil the best cigar ever made by
lighting it from the fame of a smoky
lamp or gas jet. The best tobacco you
can buy loses its fine taste after you
have eaten onions.
'In order that tobacco Of the fine Ha
vana variety may have that body AMI
aromatic perfume which are It's distin-
gushing characteristics it must be cot
ripe and cured where 1t was raised. 1t
requires a steady heat of 100 degrees dur
ing tie process of curing to develop the
flavor and color. Such a steady temper
:iture prevails in Cuba-it is unknown in
this country. During the nsurrection to
bacco growing was carried on in the hills
of the Havana and Pinar del Rio prov
inces where it could, in measure, es
cape the notice both of Spaniards and in
surgents But toward harvesting time,