CHAPTER XI 99 _Cigars and Their Qualities._ Qualities of cigars and cigar leaf--Imported cigars--Havanas-- Domestic cigars. CHAPTER XII 111 _Cigar Making._ Hand-made cigars--Machine-made cigars--Classification of cigars--Terms used in the cigar trade. CHAPTER XIII 121 _Pipe Smoking and Chewing Tobacco._ Qualities required--Description of kinds--Perique tobacco-- Statistics. CHAPTER XIV 131 _Cigarettes._ Statistics--Kinds and where made--Imported cigarettes-- Domestic cigarettes--Cigarette papers. CHAPTER XV 143 _Snuff._ How made--Qualities--Description of kinds. CHAPTER XVI 149 _Tobacco Smoking Pipes._ History--How made and materials used in making--Meerschaum-- Briar root--Amber--Special kinds of pipes--Care of pipes. CHAPTER XVII 171 _Effects of Tobacco Smoking on the Human System._ Physical and other effects--Opinions of medical men quoted and discussed. CHAPTER XVIII 195 _The Beneficial Effects of Tobacco._ Its disinfecting action--A protection against infectious disease--Psychological effects of smoking. CHAPTER XIX 207 _Miscellaneous._ Revenue, taxation, etc., in connection with tobacco--Free imports--The insect pests which attack tobacco--Tobacco flavoring fluids, etc.--Formulae. INTRODUCTION This little book is intended for the man who uses tobacco. While there is a very extensive literature concerning tobacco, yet it is surprising how few books there are written expressly for the smoker. Much has been written concerning culture, production and manufacture; the historical and anecdotal aspects have been catered for; pamphlets and books abusing and denouncing the use of tobacco are plentiful; but the smoker will find it difficult to get a book just giving him the facts concerning tobacco and smoking, which he ought to know, and omitting matters, which, although interesting, are not necessary. This little book is an attempt to fulfil that purpose; and it is felt that no apology is needed for its appearance. If the average user of tobacco is questioned concerning the matters treated in the following pages, he will be found ignorant of them. This ought not be so. The custom of tobacco smoking is so general and so intimate a part of the daily life of the great majority of men, that a better acquaintance with the plant, its qualities, uses and effects, should be cultivated and welcomed.