Mind If I Smoke? / Shryock, Harold, MD / (SS/1959-1959/B/USED)

*Condition Note: Cover wear. Owner marks inside.*

The sale of cigarettes reached a high peak in 1952. Then, because of the "cancer scare," there was a sudden, though not great, dip in sales. The loss was made up in a few years and safes hit a new high. The recovery can be attributed in part to an expected return to normal after any "scare," but the principal factor was doubtless the effort of the tobacco industry to produce a "safe" cigarette.

Whether or not the new cigarettes are actually free from cancer-producing substances, and whether or not other effects of smoking upon respiration, heart, and other organs, are genuine deterrents to the habit--these are the subjects of investigation in Mind if I Smoke? A scientific treatment of such material would present difficulties to the reader in the hands of a writer less skilled than Dr. Shryock. Here are simple, clear statements of fact, emphasized by graphic representation.

Whether or not you smoke, you will benefit from this thorough and unbiased review of a controversial subject.

Table of Contents

Why the Furor Over Smoking?
The Story of Smoking
What's in Cigarette Smoke?
"Safe" Cigarettes
Nicotine and What It Does
Smoking and Brain Power
Smoking and Physical Endurance
Does Smoking Shorten Life?
Diseases of the Heart and Blood Vessels
How Smoking Affects Other Tissues
Characteristics of Lung Cancer
Smoking and Cancer of the Lung
Does Quitting Help?
Our Surgeon General Speaks
The Factor of Habit
Do You Want to Quit?
References
Index

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