article · Issue No. 10, October 1949 · p. 31

Cigarettes

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Scientists have uncovered some curious facts about the effect of smoking on the process of digestion. They have found that tobacco smoke produces, in one unaccustomed to it, a nausea that results in vomiting. Before the vomiting, the stomach's functions weaken; but once the vomiting answers it, those functions grow strong again. Those who take tobacco feel a pleasure that assists digestion, so long as it stays well short of the utmost degree they can bear; but if it approaches that degree, the stomach grows dull, and the sensation of hunger and the appetite for food disappear.

There are people whose hearts are affected by smoking tobacco, and others whose blood pressure it raises. These must give it up.

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