The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1914-06-20
EFFECTS OF SMOKING

also noticed in the others in both
smokers and non-smokers. fhs Of.
fects seemed to be more pronounced
upon the smokers than upon the non.
smokers.
Gradually this mental state gave
place to certain feeling of discom.
fort-a dislike for the surroundings;
almost always there was experienced
an unpleasant bitter taste combined
with a flavor Of tobacco. All food
had an unpleasant taste Of tobacco.
There was often a strong tendency to
sleep. Many times the unpleasant
sensations did not come on until a
few minutes after leaving the smok.
ing room and lasted about an hour.
Several of the other subjects showed
the same kind Of hitter effects.
Among the symptoms observed in
others we're: general restlessness,
nervousness, headache. slight faint
ness and nausea. sometimes innamed
states Of the mucous membrane. con.
junctivitis and pharynsitis.
These experiments showed how dif.
ferently tobacco works on different IN
dividuals. While some declared after
FIVE to ten minutes that they could
scarcely remain longer in the room.
others were absolutely unaffected
-four out Of the twenty-eight cases.
two non-smokers and two smokerc).
Two physicians. one forty.fve and
very heavy smoker, the other, TWEEN
ty-five and a moderate smoker, were
remarkable in that they showed only
a slight change of blood pressure.
Two interesting cases, both mod
crate smokers, showed very little Ie-
action while in the smoke, but about
ten minutes after leaving the room
there was a pronounced fall Of the
blood pressure that could not be at
tributed to accident. In one the pulse
and the mental reaction quickened
while in the smoke, but slowed after
ward in the open air. In the other,
a somewhat nervous man of thirty
three, all reactions were slowed.
1t was interesting to study the diff
ference in effect produced by sitting
in the smoke filed room while rot
smoking and sitting in large smoke
less room where they rapidly smok-
ed cigarets, though no estimate Of the
comparative amount of smoke inhaled
could be made. -.
In FIVE of the ten persons the blood
pressure fell more when they were
sitting in the smoke. One non-smok-
er showed no essential change in pres
sure while smoking a cigaret, but
considerable change while in the
oEtnu roay,
Eight Of the ten showed almost the
same mental reaction when actively
smoking as when sitting passively in
the smoke. One heavy smoker show.
ed more shortening Of mental reaction
in the smoky room than when he was
actively smoking.
In order to settle the very practi- |
cal question Of how these people re-
acted under the combined effects Of
active smoking and smoke saturat-
ed air. five were allowed to smoke
two or three Egyptian cigarets in the
room while twenty grams were smok-
ed by the bellows. The two physic-
ians who had shown no reactions by
either single method showed in the
combined method, rise In pulse fire.
quency from rs to 1902; rise In
blood pressure from 95 to 100 while
mental reaction remained unchanged.
We see. then, in the combined ex.
periments changed conditions. The
persons react more strongly or less
much more strongly, or much less
than in only passive breathing. There
was no indication Of absence OF the
passive effects when actively smok-
ing. II any can bear the passive eff,
fects better when actively smoking
the only explanation is that a light !