The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1903-04-09


Whatever may be the explanation 20
10 why smoKlng ia the form Of ciz r
ties has become 50 enormously Doyl.
. during the past decade. thore can
% no denying That popularity from tle
aet chat IT has led to q very sharp ir-
aagtrial war. Millions Of pabiic money
have been invested in cigarette-making
companies. Cigarettes arc the subject
u advertisement ia tho daily papers
IN al enormous scale utterly incOm-
parable with that on which tobacco
ana cigars are advertised.
The reason is not iar to seek; tas
cigarette Is cheap and, even more tha1
that, it is convenient forIn ul
smoke" The good cigar Is not cheap,
il is comparatively bulky and it takas
aomo time TO finish The pipe insst bt
Kept clean, 1t requires to be hllcd and o
5ouch must be carried TO eontaiu The
fohacco. The cigarette Is ready ~
smoke, scores can be carried ia ths
pocket and one can be smoked in q
snatched quarter Of an hour. M,
cigarette Is. therefore, popular, prob
ably mainly because of its convenience
That beilg 80 it Us important 10 con
sdee whether eigarett smoking is m1e
injurious from the point Of view a
health than Is the smoking OF a cigas
5f pipe. 10 begin WIN, much mllaaf
tobacco can be smoAed ia cigarette
than in the pipe and SO far this lact ls
u favor OF the cigarette. TLs usually
mild tobacco In the cigarette rs hos
r the pipe The cigarette Is practical
~ ia direct contact with the air from
he lighted end to the mouthplece gha
lhus the smoke is Invariably cool
while the pToduets of combustion alc
calculated 10 be complete. The piDc
On the other hand, Is more like f1tn-i
IN which to some extent destructive
distillatiOn with the formation OF aerid
oils is set up. One very strong 0Dlcc
lion to the cigarette, however ts lnai
The area OF combustion Is very clos Is
The nose and moth ana thus air i
constantly and invariably inhaled coi.
taininr smoke from the lighted end
which Is usually Of very Dungeli
type, infinitely more pungent ban il
sbe smoke drawa through the cigare.ti
Much of the mischief from cigarette
smoking arises from this fact tha
cigarette being persistently held "a tht
mouth until burning Of the 'ps a
threatened. II the smoke from in
burning tip of a cigarette be purpo-rl
Inhaled for time a sense of gtup1i
sets IN, While the smoke er7wi
through the cigarette may be breathc'
in The same way with comparative im
punity The same result Is obt1'n-f
with the cigar. but IN still moro ep
phatc way. The use Of the cigarette
or ciga holder is, therefore, calculates
to opv,ilo two sources Of mischiel-iht
inhalation Of the powerful nungeal
smoke frou, tie lighted end and thc .u.
troduction % tobacco juice and oils in
to the mouth a long and clcanly gep'
pipe filed with mild tobacco nreseryei
the smoker against both contingencies
WHOM however. the cigarette IS "a
tionally smoked. and not to wcass, iil
IS probably the mlldest form Of emuf-
Ing. and this fact coupled with II.
convenience and cheapness, is suGi
cient reason for its immense popniar
ity And IT ie interesting t8 note iha
the tobacco war arose, not on account
CT the pipe OF the cigar. but because q
the clgaretie-Iondon lancet