Show Cigarette Ci arette Smoke Injurious If Inhaled I 1 I I question estion whether cigarette THE JL smoking does material harm harmI t- t t health has come into greater prominence prominence prominence nence now nov that the habit is almost universal among our troops says the London Lancet There can be little doubt that the soldier looks upon the tha cigarette as part of his kit as affordIng affording affording afford afford- ing him a source of genuine comfort t In strenuous times and as increasing the pleasures of relaxation when his racking nerve-racking duties are for the time I 1 Ic abeyance The practice of smoking provides unquestionably a mental anodyne and that fact alone accounts for its universality universality universality in these bitter days It must b be remembered however that tobacco smoking is a sp species cies of drug habit al although although at- at though perhaps a mild one if we leave out the question of excess and that thai the continual drawing of tobacco emoke into the mouth or worse deeper deep deep- er into the respiratory tract intro intro- duces toxic risks Hygienically of course air that contains poisonous I products of combustion would be condemned condemned condemned con con- as departing from a standard of purity demanded by healthy alion Moderate smokers however ada asa m as ma a rule show no depreciation of normal heal health tho It has been suggested that there I II I may be a relationship between cigarette cigar cigar- ette smoking and the tho soldiers heart In a careful inquiry into this subject I undertaken at the instance of the Medical Research committee by Dr John Parkinson and Dr Helmar Koc- Koc fo it is concluded that while excessive cigarette smoking Is not the essential cause of soldiers heart it is an Important Important important im Im- Im- Im contributory factor in the ess and pain of ot many of them The immediate effect of cigarette t I smoking upon upon the circulatory system and and upon the breathlessness of exertion exer exer- I ton tion was observed in thirty smokers of oj whom twenty were cases of sol aol diers dier's heart and ten were healthy soldiers sol sol- sol sol- diers subject smoked either four or five cigarettes during a period of forty minutes A demonstrable effect effect ef ef- ef- ef fact was waa recorded in seventeen of the twenty patients but it is interesting to note that the three were non in Nine of the ten controls all inhalers were Influenced in the same fashion though not to the same de de- de- de greeG gree G Generally the observationS observation show how w that in health the smoking of a single cigarette by a habitual smoker usually raises the pulse rate and pres blood sure perceptibly and these effects are arc area aroa I Ia a little more pronounced in cases of I soldiers heart Moreover the smoking smoking smoking ing of a few cigarettes can render healthy men more breathless on exertion exertion exer exer- tion as was shown t to be the case ia In Ina illa a large proportion of the patients Under under under un un- der examination The results show clearly that the soldier should b ba be warned against inhaling and of course he should avoid excess |