n are rapidly increasing in this country in which--

Eighth: The per capita consumption has rapidly increased in recent
years, while--

Ninth: In the United Kingdom, where these diseases are decreasing, there
has been no material increase in the use of tobacco, and the per capita
consumption is less than one-third that of the United States.

[Sidenote: Increase of Smoking]

In 1880 the annual per capita consumption of tobacco in the United
States was about 5 lbs., while in 1914 it had risen to more than 7 lbs.
In the United Kingdom the per capita consumption is about 2 lbs., and
there has been no material increase in recent years.

The cigaret bill, in particular, has grown enormously, having more than
doubled in the past five years, while there has been a slight increase
in the consumption of cigars, smoking tobacco, chewing tobacco and
snuff, as shown in the following table:[56]

------------------------------------------------------------------------
Fiscal | | | Tobacco, |
Year | Cigars | Cigarets | Chewing and | Snuff
| | | Smoking |
--------+----------------+----------------+---------------+-------------
1910 | 8,213,356,504 | 7,884,748,515 | 436,608,898 | 31,969,111
1911 | 8,474,962,786 | 9,254,351,722 | 380,794,673 | 28,146,833
1912 | 8,350,119,103 | 11,239,536,803 | 393,785,146 | 30,079,482
1913 | 8,732,815,703 | 14,294,895,471 | 404,362,620 | 33,209,468
1914 | 8,707,625,230 | 16,427,086,016 | 412,505,213 | 32,766,741
|----------------+----------------+---------------+-------------
Total | 42,478,879,326 | 59,100,618,527 | 2,028,056,550 | 156,171,635
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Tenth: The poetic effusions of the lovers of the weed are no safer guide
than the exaggerated and intemperate denouncements of people who have
idiosyncrasies against tobacco and simply hate it.

Eleventh: Those who now smoke should have a thorough physical
examination to determine the condition of the heart and blood vessels.
This examination should be repeated at least annually, in order to
detect any adverse influence on the circulation.

_REFERENCES_

[38] _The Toxic Factor in Tobacco_, The Lancet (London), 1912, I,
p. 944.

[39] French Department of Agriculture, Compt. Rend. Acad. de Science,
CLI, p. 23