The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1907-12-05
HARM IN SMOKING.
English PhySician Says Greatest
Danger Lies In Overindulgence.

English Phydcinn Says Greatest
Danger Lies In Overindulgence.
Smokers are frequently tempted to-
increase their consumption of tobacco,
in proportion to the extension of leis-
ure at command, says Pearson's Week
ly. Smoking exerts special fascina-i
ton when 1t may be INDUCED every
moment throughout the day. The
temptation has always been found dif<
ficult to resist, when 1t besets man
who is on holiday bent. The mere abb
sence Of restrictions tends to induce
| pleasure seekers to be more free than
they otherwise would.
The two grounds upon which smok-
Ing Is condemned, which appear
worthy of serious consideration, are
the poisonous action of the nicotine
and the useless expenditure entalled
Let us take the latter objection first.
That tobacco is necessity for
health or happiness no sane person
would ever contend. All that its most
devoted friends can claim Is that sn6k-
ing is an inexpensive luxury. A lux
ury, In fact, that affords an amount
of enjoyment out Of all proportion to
It's triflng cost.
More serious harm results from lack
of self-control with regard to dietary
than Is ever likely to follow from even
an excessive use Of tobacco. Indeed,
there Is not a single thing we enjoy,
though 1t be perfectly right and law
full In Itself, that is not equally open
to some similar objection.
Perhaps the strongest argument sup
posed to tell against the smoker Is
otine when 1t has entered the clrcula-
tory system. This intoxication has
never been disputed, for 1t inevitably
follows too extravagant consumption
Of tobacco. Yet 1t Is only when the
Is excessive that any baneful
influence Is e1erted on the healthy
body.
Exactly the same kind of toxic prop
critics that nonsmokers ascribe to to-
Dacco attach to other vegetable growths
In common and daily use.
Now, what are the conditions so fire.
luently described as the direct out
,ome Of excessive smoking? They are
1ut two In number. 1. An altered
Rhythm in the beating of the heart;
Ind 3 an impairment of vision, which
olors
These conditions are never brought
bout unless the smoking has been car
led to unwarrantable excess. When
ither of them is detected, whether by
he physician or the smoker himself,
here is ample warning to put man
n his guard. If he is prompted to
educe his consumption of tobacco, or
D abandon smoking altogether, the
rouble soon clears up, and no perma-
ent injury is the least likely to en-
lie.
The late Prof. Huxley once wrote:
There is no more harm in pipe'than
here is in cup Of tea. You may
olson yourself by drinking too much
"a, or kill yourself by eating too many
DR.. Lancaster said: 81 dare not as a
hyslologist or statist tell you that
lere exists eny proof of an injurious
fuence (of tobacco when used in
liberation. The first symptoms Of
ddiness, palpitation, Incidence or any
leasiness while smoking should in
Ice you to lay 1t aside"
or course, whether at home or on
'liday, If a man stubbornly persists in
loking after 1t shows signs of dis
reement he must expect to have to
y for 1t. If man who ordinarily
Jokes, say, two ounces a week dou-
IS or trebles this quantity as a holt
y pleasure, then his smoking lays
N open to serious risks