The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-05-26

Whatever may be the explanation a.
to why smoking in the form Of cigar
cites has become 80 enormously popu-
lar during tts nest decade, thore can
be no denying that popularity from che
TACT that II has led 10 very sharp in-
dustrial war. Millions OF public money
have been invested in cigarette-making
companies. Cigarettes are the subject
OF advertisement in the daily papers
on an enormous scale utterly incom-
parable with that on which tobacco
and cigars are advertised.
The reason is not far to seek; the
cigarette is cheap and. even moro than
that, il is a convenient form Of
smoke" The good cigar is not cheap,
II is comparatively bulky and It takes
some time to finish. The pipe must be
Kept clean. II requires to be filled and a
pouch must be carried to contain the
tobacco. The cigarette is ready n
smoke, scores can be carried In the
pocket and one can be smoked in A
snatched quarter of an hour. The
c, ,garette Is, therefore, popular, prob
ably mainly because OF its convenience.
! That being so II Is important 10 con
slider whether cigarett smoking Is more
Injurious from the point of view Of
health than is the smoking Of cigar
OF pipe To begin with, a much milder
tobacco can be smoBed In cigarettes
than In the pipe and so far this fact Is
in favor OF the cigarette. The usually
mild tobacco In the cigarette Is hot
\ ir the pipe. The cigarette Is practical
ly in II, ect contact with the air from
the lighted end to the mouthplece and
thus the smoke Is invariably cool,
while the products OF combustion are
calculated to be complete. The pipe,
On the other hand, Is more like retort
| In which to some extent destructive
distillation with the formation of Rerid
oils Is set up One very strong obiec-
ton to the cigarette, however, is that
the area of combustion is very close 10
the nose and mouth and thus air is
constantly and invariably inhaled con
tanning smoke from the lighted end,
which Is usually of a very pungent
type, infinitely more pungent ibgl Is
the smoke drawn through the cigpre.t =,
/ Much of the mischief from cigarette
smoking arises from this fact. the
cigarette being persistently held in the
ulOulu unlAt Va NhN ftR~ -
I Threatened. II the smoke from In ?
burning tip Of cigarette be purposely
inhaled for a time a sense Of stupor
sets In, while the smoke drawn
through the cigarette may be breathed
4 in the same way with comparative I'M
Ipunity. The same result is obtained
with the cigar. but in still more er-
phatic way. The use OF the cigarette
or cigar holder is, therefore. calculated
to ogviate two sources Of mischiet--tte e
Inhalation OF the powerful Oungeat
smoke from the lighted end and .he m
PRODUCTION of tobacco Juice and oils in
to the mouth. A long and cleanly kept
pipe filled with mild tobacco preserves
the smoker against both contingencies
When, however. the cigarette Is fa-
tionalsy smoked. aud not TO excess. u
Is probably The ml'aest form Of smUk-
ing, and this fact coupled WI Is
convenience and cheapness. Is a suf1-
cient reason for its immense popular
ity And Il Is interesting TO note tast
the tobacco war arose. not on account
CT the pipe or the cigar. but because OF
the cigarette London lancet