The age-herald., 1901-05-05
l, Advlceto Smokers
BY J. MOUNT BLEYER.

Of smoking more than of any other habit or practice 1t is true that no gener- al rule can be laid down by the physician, and no advice can be given which will fit all cases
 or course, the safe thing to say to smokers is, don't smoke. And vet there are many individuals who can smoke without injury and in some cases I be- lieve the practice is beneficial.
 In general, however, 1t can be said that it is dangerous to smoke more than five cigars day, and that cigarettes should never be smoked at all. Even the rule as to quantity, however, is by no means ex- act, and some men can smoke inveterate- ly or continuously without any i'll effects. Each smoker aust use his own judgment Smoking may be lkened to the drinking habit: each one must know his capacity. No general rule can be laid down for him. Individualization in each case is here the rule.
 It must be taken into consideration that temperaments vary. Some can stand larger doses of poisons than others can This is true even of systemic poisons. If the smoker notices at any. time any i'll effect, certainly or presumably, from the use or abuse of the cigar he should heed
 
 the dose or eschew the habit altogether
 Inhalation of the fumes of tobacco is the most injurious habit of smokers This practice must be avoided at all times The mucous membrane is an absorbant and for this reason nicotine very easily produces its effects upon the constitution. Nicotine also acts as a corrosive, cauter-, izing the membrane and inducing chronic inflammation.
 ha uia of brane become swollen and the secretions become more copious and altered in char acter. In this state the mucuous mem-l brane becomes ready breeding place for the many bacteria which find lodging place in the mouth.
 1 advise every smoker who has the least tendency Io periodic inflammation of the passages of the nose throat or lungs to abstain from any kind of smoking.
 No person who inherits any constitu-t tional weakness of the air passages or heart should, under any consideration, adopt the habit of smoking, as the con- gestive conditions produced by smoking are the corner stones, so to speak, for se- rious lung troubles, among these tuber-' culosis being the most frequent.
 From statistical records of which havt made a special study, I find that more than per cent of the cases records ed were smokers, who earlier or later in life developed consumption or some other form of lung trouble Of these. cigarette smokers were in the majority. The cigar cite habtuates succumb mitch more quickly to the dread disease of consumpi ton than do either cigar or pipe smokers.
 The finer the quality of the tobacco the less nicotine 1t contains. Smokers should not consume the cheap and doctored weed. The chemicals used to initiate tobacco of a fine quality are most injurious. This plea for the use of good tobacco should be made even stronger when addressed to those who insist upon smoking cigarettes.
 There are many diseases which are i'm mediately traceable to irnmoderate smok ing The internal tube of the ear which is directly connected with the upper and inner part of the nose, is often injured. producing deafness through catarrhal and other serious affections.
 The nose is a tender organ and very susceptible The lining of the nose nn- dergoes changes from incessant irritation caused by the fumes of tobacco. and this opens the road for the many different dis eases which this organ is heir to.
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