Multiply those extra twenty-eight beats per minute by fourteen cigarettes (hence, fourteen hours) of smoking. It amounts to 23,520 extra beats for the heart every day. Even without the corroborating reports from the heart specialists, it’s easy to see that this extra work for your heart can’t be doing your health any good.
IF IT ISNT THE TOBACCO THAT RELAXES YOU, WHAT IS IT?
“There may not be any particular ingredient in cigarettes that help me relax,” you may say. “But I still know that in my case, a cigarette does relax my tensions.”
Once I would have heartily agreed. In fact, I’d have challenged anyone who didn’t agree with the statement. It seemed positively self-evident.
If I was in a golf match and a critical putt was coming up, I’d take time out to light a cigarette to “steady my nerves.”
If I had been at the typewriter and the words and ideas had begun to slow down, I’d take time out for a cigarette … collect my thoughts … and then get back to work.
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