The Deadly Cigarette
source date: 1891
availability: public-domain

The Deadly Cigarette New victims are being continually added to the long list of cigarette suicides. A recent Milwaukee telegram mentions the sudden and simultaneous death of two boys at Prairie du Chien, after excessive smoking, and which led to ’a post mortem examination. The boys stomach was subjected to a medical analysis and the presence of phosphorous was dis- covered. The symptoms indicated death by this poisonous substance, combined with nico- tine, and the arsenical solution used in preparing the papers and wrappers for the ordinary cigarette. All forms of tobacco smoking are objectionable, but the cigarette is both a nuis- ance and a peril. It ought to be summarily abolished.