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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.

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

Britannia holding a trident in one hand and tobacco leaves in the other. Engraving by Silvester, early 19th century.

A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.

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.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.

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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.

A smoker with huge head exhales cigar smoke which forms the words "try one". Coloured lithograph, c. 1879, after T. Worth.

Three pictures: two of Indian children with tobacco leaves and pipes by barrels of tobacco; one of a Scot with two barrels. Wood-engravings.