Cigar Poisoning

"The peculiar effect of cigar smoking at some times and under some circumstances known as 'cigar poisoning,' " said a leading cigar dealer to a Washington Star reporter, "is little understood by the trade or makers themselves. Regular smokers are now and then affected by it. Sometimes smokers consume an entlre box of cigars and often a number of theio without experiencing any trouble with a cigar, when all at once they smoke a cigar which ccmpletely knocks them out in a way that they do not get over it for several days. Physicians think it is on account of the physical condition of the smoker at the time and that the trouble does not occur from any particular cigar, and that any cigar would produce the same effect. It is rather a serieus thing in the cigar business, for it is certain to make the customer let that brand of cigars severely alone. The late William S. Roose, who for many years sold cigars at the hotel stands owned by him in this city and at his several stores, always disliked to sell cigars by the box to any of his regular customers. His theory was that customers who had a box of their favorite cigar handy were apt to smoke too many and the inevitable resdlt was that they soon got tired of any favorite, while they would smoke the same cigar for years without any but pleasant consequences if they bought them in small quantities. The only remedy that I know is for a person, the instant hfe feels any unpleasant effect from a cigar, to throw it away, rinsï the mouth out with cold water and -irink a large glass of same. A large quantity of cold water in the stomach seems to neutralize the effects of the cigar better than anything that I know of. My experience is that cigars are a barometer by which persons are readily forewarned as to their physical condition. The mere fact that a regular smoker does not want to smoke shows that there is something wrong with him and it is best to pay attention to the indication and leave eigars alone until he feels that he can njoy them."