well as smoke ; it will not probably be questioned 

 that some of this watery solution is drawn into 

 the mouth as well as the smoke and probably 

 contains minute quantities of nicotine or its 

 derivatives. 



The smoker may obviate any slight harmful 

 effects of these substances by care. If he is a 

 cigar smoker he must avoid chewing or sucking 

 the butt end of the cigar in which the acqueous 

 solution finally gathers, and he would find it 

 better to smoke long thin cigars which afford 

 a small area behind the burning point for the 

 collection of acqueous vapor and give a better 

 combustion. Judged from these viewpoints the 

 best and most expensive thick cigar is likely to 

 be more harmful than the very worst kind of a 

 cigarette, for although there may be a much 

 smaller percentage of nicotine in the cigar to- 

 bacco, a much larger proportion of it may reach 

 the mouth of the smoker through the water pro- 

 duced by combustion, in the case of the cigar 

 than in the case of the cigarette. 



Every cigar and cigarette smoker should use 

 a holder for the reason stated. The cigarette 

 from the nicotine point of view is the least ob- 

 jectionable form of smoking. In fact expert 

 opinion is recognizing that unless where, tlu 

 smoke is inhaled cigarette smoking if not ex- 

 cessive is probably harmless. It is hard, of 



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