_ of numerous presons' to =" Bee _THE STRATFORD MIRROR (By P. E. Cleator, condensed from Chamber's Journal, London, March, 1933.) My research on the alkaloid, nico- tine, culminated in an experience which, I hope, it will not be my lot to repeat. : : After having studied the reaction sublethal doses of the dried leaves of Nicoti- ana Tabacum, it occurred to me that a sudden and prolonged cessation from the habit might furnish exceed-! ingly interesting results. But willing patients scarce. - were very The people I approached about giving up smoking ironically suggested that I should do it myself, so as to obtain first-hand information. This course had occurred to me _ previously, only to be instantly set aside. Now, however, I was forced to the conclusion that my only hope of success lay in adopting it. It took me some time to reach the decision for smoking was, if not the greatest, one of the greatest pleasures I had _ and I hesitated to sacrifice it on the altar of science. In an endeavor to get away from tthe bitter thoughts my decision had aroused in me, I sought support for the propect by a consideration of the financial aspect. I was somewhat surprised to discover that by giving up smoking I should be, theoretically at least, about a hundred dollars in pocket at the end of twelve months. 'Still more comfort I derived from a certain Mr. Hogg's "The Vegetable Kingdom" and its Products" in which he defines tobacco as a "stinking re- _ pugnant herb, smoked by Savages. . " Hours of careful thought had been required to evolve the most suitable scheme. The plan of resorting to other drugs to rule out the inevitable - craving did not appeal to me, although this method probably has its merits. I also ruled out the method of grad- ually reducing my daily cigarette diet, and finally decided in favor of sud- denly ceasing altogether, for I am averse to petty restrictions. All, or none, is my motto. At first I hesitated whether to in- form my friends of the plan, but then decided to do it, as I am convinced that to broadcast news of the effort leads to better results, the victim be- ing conscious all the time of the Sarcasm which awaits him in case of failure. The first friend in whom I confided was, of course, highly skep- tical, then he became prophetic and forecast the failure of my attempt in less than a week. fi My first real pangs occurred that night immediately after supper. I had always considered a meal incom- plete without a smoke and I had a constant and ever increasing feeling of something lacking. Reading be- came an effort and concentration an impossibility. The next few days the craving for tobacco reached an _ unbelievable height, amazing in its intensity. I began to dread the approach of meal times and did not enjoy my food. My stomach had a feeling of emptiness which defies description, and the more I filled myself with food, the stron- ger the sensation became. One of the greatest problems I had to overcome was to keep my mind occupied and busy and thus banish the thought of cigarettes from it. During business hours this was not very difficult, but in the evening it go nowhere without coming into con- tact with tobacco in some shape or form, so that my nightly program gradually dwindled until choice of only two things--a long and lonely walk, or bed. But I quickly discovered that even sleep would not let me forget about the whole matter. For the first few nights I suffered from dreams which were practically identical in.all respects. In some un- accountable manner I would suddenly find myself puffing a lighted cigar- ette, and I would wake in a cold sweat, with vain words of reproach on' my lips. So real, did these dreams appear at the time, that it often re- quired several mintues to convince myself that I really had not smoked.' What was. worse, I was conscious" of a distinct-taste of tobacco in my | mouth immediately upon waking. After this had gone on for a week, I felt lonely, irritable and thoroughly disgusted. My hands would_stray into my pockets, feeling for cigarettes that | were not there, and it needed a battle of will power to pass a cigarette shop. I began to find reasons urging me to have a smoke. An inner voice would tell me that having demon- strated that I could do without smok- ing if I really wished to, I need not suffer any more. -- But I was conscious of the delusion. for it is at this stage that the break | ing point occurs in nearly every case. The victim convinces himself that he could easily carry on he wanted to, and inevitably returns to the drug. The idea shared by: many smokers that they can give up the habit at will is, however, very: far from the truth. : After a week or two the danger | from this state of mind ceased to be really troublesome, and after three weeks the matter was moving more or less smoothly. I had become re- signed to my new mode of existence, when suddenly, my equilibrium was again disturbed. I received a hurried invitation to) join some friends on a holiday in} the Channel Islands which to refuse would have been discourteous. On the other hand I doubted whether I would enjoy the holiday without a cigarette, while feeling at the same time that I needed some sort of a holiday in my present condition. I accepted the invitation and, for- tunately, the experience turned out less nerve-racking than I had expec- ted. The ironical remarks of my friends only served to heighten my indefinitely if | I Give UpSmoking I had al®@® resolve. ' After that holiday the worst was over and the intolerable craving had practically vanished. One day I was surprised to find that my abstinence had lasted six months. But instead of a physical craving I was now troubled by a mental crav- ing, so dominant that I could not banish it from my mind. If it had not been for this disturbing factor, I might have been a non-smoker today, although I never had the idea of giv- ing up smoking altogether when I commenced my experiment. At the end of eight months I de- cided to begin smoking again in ex- actly one month, thus making a total of nine months' abstinence from to- bacco. I knew that there would be an immediate and drastic reaction on the part of my body to the absorbed nicotine. For the drug is a deadly poison and death follows in not more than five minutes after a hypolethal dose has been administered. Applica- tion of wet tobacco leaves to the skin of man has caused rapid poisoning. Habitual smokers acquire a tolerance which enables them to-consume cig- arettes in> quantities, which ab initio would have proved disastrous. At nine-thirty on the appointed required superhuman efforts. 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