Salt Lake Tribune | 1914-05-03 | Page 48 | Just What Happens When You Smoke a Cigar

1 Just What Happens When YOU SMOKE A GIGA1 , TP-v ID you ever slop to think of just what ' i ft J takes places when you smoke a cigar? The first thing to be noticed is that a "l cigar will not burn of its own accord even after I ignition It takes a forced draft to keep it going, 'ji This forced draught is accomplished by the smoker distending his chest, thus making the '. " ' ; air pressure within him less than the atmos- 1 1 pheric pressure. The excess of pressure on the outside forces air into the end of the cigar. This furnishes oxygen more rapidly to the ignited ig-nited tobacco and prevents it from going out. In case the wrapper on the cigar is not airtight air will rush in behind the fire end and thus diminish the amount helping ignition so tho cigar does not draw well. If the cigar is wrapped too tightly the small excess of atmospheric pressure cannot force any air In and the cigar will not draw at all. " The remedy in this case is to stick a hat pin through ? tho cigar from end to end. In case the cigar is ? a cheap one and has a short filler so that par- tides of tobacco aro continually coming off in the mouth, a simple remedy is not to cut off S the tip but simply make a few slits, or rather s slashes, in it with a penknife or criss-cross holes with a pin. These will provido the nec- , essary inlet for the air and smoke. ; One very noticeablo thing about a cigar Is ? that the smoke coming from the end Is bluer than that drawn into the mouth. It aiso has a much more delightful odor. The reason for this is that the blue smoke comes from the burn ing wrapper, which is generally of better grade I tobacco than the filler, and the air when tho I cigar is not in action comes only in contact with s ; the outside so the blue smoke is in evidence i ' then. s Not much cigar smoke gets Into tho smoker's I lungs or stomach. An ordinary pull simply fills ? the mouth cavity. If now the smoker breathes s but keeps his mouth shut, this smoke is in- 5 capable of motion and only a few ragged veils s of it will reach into his throat and be carried ? down by the air drawn through the noso. Of S course, if one desires to get the smoke into the ,1 lungs it can be done. It can also be "swallowed" S and thus carried into the stomach if desired. It has been finally proven that tobacco is a stimulant and not a sedative, so the feeling of ease accompanying a good cigar must be put down to the psychological effect of soothing ac- complished by watching the, lazy veils of. smoke slowly moving in the air. Anyhow, the mental effect is there and is very enjoyable to a great many people.