

TOBACCO AND ITS EFFECTS. 



formed. If we take a clean white cloth or handker- 

 chief, two or three double, and inhale the smoke of 

 a lighted cigarette, and then force it from the mouth 

 through the cloth, a brownish yellow spot or stain 

 will be found on it, which consists of the poisonous 

 nicotine and other ingredients contained in the 

 smoke, and mixed with the moisture of the mouth. 

 Deposits of this kind are made upon the walls of the 

 air passages when cigarettes are smoked, which 

 must be injurious. 



The respiratory organs suffer the most 

 The Respira- f rom cigarette smoking. We have here 



tory Organs. 



HOW Affected. (See Aid.) a series of views which will 

 help us to understand the nature of the 

 harm done, and, by a careful study of these, we may, 

 perhaps, all be led to the resolve never to smoke 

 cigarettes or cigars. 



The trachea, or wind-pipe, in health has the 

 appearance shown at 1 and 2; 4 shows us how 

 it looks inside, and 3 outside, when it has become 

 inflamed and irritated by the use of cigarettes. The 

 inner structure of the lungs, with its subdivisions 

 of the bronchial tubes and air-cells, in health, is 

 nicely represented at 5. Here also we see the 

 plump, full, well-formed lung before it has become 

 shriveled up by the contents of the cigarette smoke. 

 At 6 we see the effects. The air cells are filled 

 up, and the bronchial subdivisions are almost 

 wholly obstructed by nicotine deposits. 



How, then, can the blood -purify ing process be 



