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Show Constant Smoking Deadens the Sense Taste Smokers never are 1 l kely to be become become become come culinary culmary connoisseurs They Theyprobably Theyprobably Theyprobably probably make less fussy husbands husbandsso so far as cooking Is concerned concernedThey concernedThey concernedThey They seldom are candy eatersThey eaters eatersThey : They can t dist dlst ngu sh fine dlstmc distinc dlstmctlons distinctions distmctions tlons tions in m taste In t me it is 1 kely kelylone kelyone kclyone lone one th ng tastes just about like an another another another other That is one of the sacri sacrifices sacrifices sacriflees fices demanded by nicotine rucotme accord accordmg according according mg ing to the Cnd find ngs of Dr J Edward EdwardRauth EdwardRauth EdwardRauth Rauth and James J S nnott , , Catho Cathollc Catholie CathoUc llc lie univers uruvers umvers ty psycholog stsIn stsIn sts stsIn In some way the fumes of tobaccodeaden tobacco tobaccodeaden tobaccodeaden deaden the sens tivity tlvity twity of the so socalled socalled socalled called taste buds in m the mouth and andon andon andon on the tongue The eflect elIect effect takes takesplace takesplace takesplace place so rap dly and disappears al almost almost almost most as rapidly when smoking smoklng is isstopped isstopped isstopped isstoppedThe stopped stoppedThe The experiment was made on six sixstudents sixstudents sixstudents students who swore off oII oIf smoking smokmg for forLent forLent torLent Lent The Thc ability ablty ! to taste was wasmeasured wasmeasured wasmeasured measured by placing placlDg on the tongue tongueaccuratel tongueaccurately tongueaccurately I accurately accuratel determined solutions of ofsalt ofsalt ofsalt salt and ol of sugar in m distilled wn wa wnter water wator ter After a po nt was reached at atwh atwh atwh wh ch the subject could taste nOth nOthing nothjog nothing ing jog the solut on was progressively progressivelystrengthened progressivelystrengthened progressivelystrengthened strengthened until taste was report report- reported reported - . ed edW W th n a few days after they theystopped theystopped theystopped stopped smoking smokrng they could taste tastehall tastehalf tastehalt hall half as strong a n solutloi solutio solutlo " ! i as when whenthey whenthey whenthey they were us ne ng tobacco Dur og ng rig the former period candy m ght have havebeen havebeen . been rather tasteless Much of Its ItsSv itssweetness itssweetness Sv sweetness . eetness would have been 'Wasted Wasted ' wastedon 'Wastedon on them The effect with salt was wasnot wasnot wasnot not so striking stnklng but at least 50 per percent percent percent cent stronger solution was needed neededto neededto to arouse the sense of taste in the thesmokers thesmokers thesmokers smokers as in m the non smokersThe smokersThe smokers smokersThe The threshold of taste tasle says Dr DrRauth DrRauth DrRauth Rauth r ses very rap dly when DrI a aperson aperson aperson I person starts to smoke Several Severalof Severalof of the subjects were not able to tokeep tokeep tokeep keep the r good resolut ons ens and andsmoked andsmoked andsmoked smoked a few cigarettes The etfeet ef of effect offeet fect feet was apparent almost Immedl Immedi Immedlately Immediately immediately ately as their taste sen sensitivity ltlvity fellBy fellBy fell fellBy By much the same technique Dr DrRauth DrRauth DrRauth Rauth hopes to determine v.hether vhether whether v.hetherthe whetherthe . whetherthe the sensory acuteness rises with age ageup ageup ageup up to the t me of adole adolescence cence This Thisclaim Thisclaim Thisclaim claim has been made by psycholo psychologists psychologists psychologists gists but with little httle experfmf'Dtal experfmfDtal experimental experfmf'DtalbasIs experimentalbasis experimentalbasis ' basIs It may be Dr Rauth holds holdsthat holdsthat holdsthat that the sens tivity tlVlty Itself does not notincrease notIncrease notincrease increase but that there is a not notable notable notable able increase in the ind md find v dual s as assoclat associat associal soclat sociat ons so that a sense impres Impress s on has more meaning meanmg and hence henceseems henceseems henceseems seems to be more acute Children Childrensometimes Childrensometimes Childrensometimes sometimes can be taught to Ike Ikefoods 1 I ke kefoods kefoods foods wh ch are repulsive to adults adultsbut adultsbut adultsbut but this is probably because the dls dis dis1 1 ke is due to the associations rather ratherthan ratherthan ratherthan than to the taste itself In other otherwords otherwords otherwords words one ' must leain lealn learn to tasteI taste I |