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Comic sketch of a fat man being rowed in a boat with the name of cigar importer below. Woodcut, early 19th century.

The manufacture of tobacco with leaves being sorted, dried, cured and pressed. Engraving, c. 1750.

A tobacco plantation in the Caribbean islands, with black workers and a white overseer. Engraving, 1683.

An old smuggler (Mr Moffit) is shot dead by a naval inspector with a pistol, who finds rolls of tobacco in the dead man's pockets; other people attend the scene. Engraving by W. Greatbach, 1833, after F. Pickering.

Eight illustrations of the kiln used in baking clay tobacco pipes. Engraving by Mutlow, c. 1812, after J. Farey.

A London street scene, mid-19th century, with a tobacconist's shop. Wood-engraving.

Seventeen unlabelled figures illustrating clay tobacco pipe manufacture. Engraving, late-18th century.

Liberal value : 2 more cigarettes for your 6d. ... 'Plus Two' cigarettes, 12 for 6d.

A tobacco plantation with workers, a Mexican Indian (?) and two European masters. Coloured engraving, c. 1821.

A tobacco plant (Nicotiana tabacum), its flowers and seeds, bordered by six scenes illustrating its use by man. Coloured lithograph, c. 1840.

Regulating tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods : the legal issues / edited by Tania Voon, Andrew D Mitchell and Jonathan Liberman.

The establishment and use of dedicated taxes for health / Addy Carol.

Unfiltered : conflicts over tobacco policy and public health / edited by Eric A. Feldman and Ronald Bayer.

Three tobacco labels: one with bust of a man; one with leafy ornamentation; one with Bishop Blaze. Wood-engravings.

Two pictures: a man sits by an empty barrel; a hooka and other smoking accessories. Wood-engravings.

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Tobacco industry

Images from the collections

Images about Tobacco industry

Works from the collections

Regulating tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods : the legal issues / edited by Tania Voon, Andrew D Mitchell and Jonathan Liberman.

The establishment and use of dedicated taxes for health / Addy Carol.

Unfiltered : conflicts over tobacco policy and public health / edited by Eric A. Feldman and Ronald Bayer.

Three tobacco labels: one with bust of a man; one with leafy ornamentation; one with Bishop Blaze. Wood-engravings.

Two pictures: a man sits by an empty barrel; a hooka and other smoking accessories. Wood-engravings.

Tobacco industry

Images from the collections

Images about Tobacco industry

Works from the collections

Regulating tobacco, alcohol, and unhealthy foods : the legal issues / edited by Tania Voon, Andrew D Mitchell and Jonathan Liberman.

The establishment and use of dedicated taxes for health / Addy Carol.

Unfiltered : conflicts over tobacco policy and public health / edited by Eric A. Feldman and Ronald Bayer.

Three tobacco labels: one with bust of a man; one with leafy ornamentation; one with Bishop Blaze. Wood-engravings.

Two pictures: a man sits by an empty barrel; a hooka and other smoking accessories. Wood-engravings.

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