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  • Smoking: a man smoking in the countryside, his head represented as a cigarette which turns into a smoking chimney; representing the polluting effects of smoking. Colour lithograph after M. Glaser, 1973.
  • A man smoking a cigar while a toddler sits on his knee: a cat looks on with disapproval; representing the bad effects of smoking in the presence of children. Colour lithograph for Stichting Volksgezondheid en Roken (Stivoro), ca. 2000.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • Left, a manservant brings a pair of boots to a man standing by the fire reading a newspaper; right, an old woman carrying a basket asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Etching.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.
  • Left, a manservant brings a pair of boots to a man standing by the fire reading a newspaper; right, an old woman carrying a basket asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Etching.
  • An old woman with a basket in her hand asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Coloured etching.

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    Smoking: a man smoking in the countryside, his head represented as a cigarette which turns into a smoking chimney; representing the polluting effects of smoking. Colour lithograph after M. Glaser, 1973.

    Glaser, Milton | Date: 1973 | Reference: 660175i
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    Non-smokers in Stuttgart are urged to vote for the FDP candidate, Fred Krämer, a campaigner for the rights of non-smokers. Colour lithograph, 1978/1997.

    | Date: [between 1978 and 1997] | Reference: 589496i
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    People causing a nuisance by smoking in the street. Coloured etching by H. Heath, 1827.

    Heath, Henry, active 1824-1850. | Date: 1827 | Reference: 138i
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    Smokers can harm your health.

    | Date: 1991
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    An old woman with a basket in her hand asks a young man for a job for her daughter while blowing smoke from a pipe into his face, much to his disgust. Coloured etching.

    | Reference: 35876i
    Part of: Scenes in London

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