The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1902-10-22

Whatever may be the explanation a.
10 why smoking in the form Of cigar
a.tes has become SO enormously popu
ar during the past decade thore can
lie no denying that popularity from the
iect that It has led 20 a very sharp il
custrial war. Millions OF public money
have been invested in clgarette-makine
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, sven more than
that, It is a convenient form OF
smoke" The good cigar Is not cheap.
Il is comparatively bulky and it takos
some time to finish. The pipe must b
kept clean, it requires to be Allied ana Z
pouch must be carried to contain the
tobacco. The cigarette is ready ta
smoke. scores can be carried in ths
pocket and one can be smoked In q
snatched quarter OF an hour. Tht
cigarette is. therefore. popular. prob
ably mainly because Of its convenience.
That being so 1t Is important to con
slider whether cigarett smoking Is mort
Injurious from the point Of view Of
health than is the smoking OF a eigai
OF pipe. To begin with, 3 much mildcI
tobacco can be smoked in ciRrettea
than In the pipe and SO far this fact ia
in favor OF the cigarette. The usually
mild tobacco in the cigarette ia hot
ir the pipe. The cigarette Is practical
ly in direct contact with the air from
the lighted end to the mouthpiece and
thus the smoke is invariably coni
while the products Of combustion ART
calculated TO be complete. The pipe
On the other hand, is more like retori
in which to some extent destructive
distillation with the formation OF acrid
oils is set up. One very strong objec-
ton to the cigarette, however, Is thai
the area OF combustion is very close tc
the nose and mooth and thus air Ia
constantly and invariably inhaled con
tanning smoke from the lighted end
which is usually Of a very pungeni
type, Infinitely more pungent iban Ia
the smoke drawn through the cigarette
Much of the mischief from cigarette
smoking arises from this fact. the
cigarette being persistently held in thu
mouth until burning of the lips Il
threatened. If the smoke from tns
burning tip of cigarette be purpcseiy
inhaled for a time a sense of stupJi
sets in. while the smoke draw
through the cigarette may be breathed
in the same way with comparative in.
punity. The same result is obtained
with the cigar. but in a still more en-
phatic way. The use of the cigarette
or cigar holder is, therefore, calculated
to ogviate two sources of mischiet-thr
inhalation Of the powerful Bungsn'
smoke frons the lighted end and .he m
PRODUCTION OF tobacco juice and oils in
to the mouth. A long and cleanly KEEP
pipe filled with mild tobacco preserves
the smoker against both contingencies
When. however, the cigarette is "a
tionally smoked. and not to eScess. II
is probably the mildest form Of Fmuk
ing. and this fact. coupled with IL
convenience and cheapness, is susH
cient reason for its immense popular
ity And it It interesting to note tha
the tobacco war arose. not on account
Ct the pipe OF the cigar. but because o
the rette.-London Lancet