The Tea and Cigaret Question
The tea and cigaret question have been scientifically considered from the new standpoint of comparison. A press despatch says: "Dr. Friedrich, health officer of Cleveland, advises women of the smart set to smoke cigarets if they are addicted to the use of strong tea. Tea, he declares not only ruins the complexion, but causes heart disease, and he would remedy both with the cigaret. Tannin, the active principle of tea, stimulates the heart without feeding it, he says. Women are seized with heart disease without knowing the reason. It's the tea they drink. Tannin stimulates the heart; nicotine depresses it." The doctor is all right on the tea, but there are many objections to the cigaret habit which he does not mention. When a "health officer" advises women to use cigarets, one is led to wonder what "science" will do next.