TOBACCO SMOKE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VII, Issue 1887, 13 January 1885, Page 2

TOBACCO SMOKE.

Zulinsky lias recently published, in a rolish medical paper, the result of a. large series of experiments on men and animals, made for the purpose of ascertaining the physiological : action, of smoke on animals. He has found- that * •the amoke is. a.powerful poison, even in •very small-quantities," In the*case of ~ man, tobacco-smoke,. when not inhaled too freely, is only deleterious to a limited... extent. Zulinsky declares-that the poisonous character of the smoke is not-., entirely due to the nicotine which it contains.- Tobacco-smoke rendered free from: ■ mcotirie remains'poi'sonbus,' though not" to'- ' so greata degree as before.- The' second ' poisonous.principle isari'alMoid>«lidin - Carbonic oxide, hydrocyanic'acSf and '' othes noxious principles are alio contained ■ • in tobacco smoke. .The bad effects of Mcessive smoking-depends' 'very much both on the kind of tobacco consumed and on the manner of consuming it. In cigar smoking-the .greatest. amount, of " .poison is inhaled, in cigarrettes much less.... in pipes still less, while those whbindulge " in the nargileh,. or any where the smoke is drawn: water take tobacco in its' least mischevous form! Such are Zulinsky's conclusions,> There can be little- doubt of the light-coloured tobaccos have be ei) partially bleached in order to give pale tint which moderate smokersielisve to be an infallible indication"of mildness, The decolorising agent is suspected,to be, in many cases, a deleterioua. -chemical compound. Some of ; the light tbbaciiotysmoke " exceedingly hot,' owing to the quantity of . woody fibre which, they contain.-'. This 13 ~ especially' the., case, with '-'bird's eye." which is cut liear the stalk of .the leaf, - ■ the slices of the midrib, thick in.this part: of the leaf, giving this variety of tobacco the characteristic appearance from whence it derives its name. ." Bird's-eye" is ■ very apt to cause sligh'; inflammation of . the tongue, on account of itsjrritant character and heat, of its smoke.'; api! together with.other light ' act very prejudicially on elderjy/smokera, who may be prone to cancer of the tongue or lip. Dark tobaccos (says the "Jfcitish Medical Gazette") are readily aduwSited; " but when pure they are probably:tsmost wholesome for pipe-smoking,'' '