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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.

Tobacco : a national danger ; what it is, and what it does / by Arthur E. Larking, M.D., D.P.H. (Camb), J.P.

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.

Drastic proposal by EEC Commission would be ineffective and illegal / Tobacco Advisory Council.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.

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Tobacco : a national danger ; what it is, and what it does / by Arthur E. Larking, M.D., D.P.H. (Camb), J.P.

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.

Drastic proposal by EEC Commission would be ineffective and illegal / Tobacco Advisory Council.

Three pictures: two men smoking flank a tobacco label and plant; man smoking while leaning on a barrel; a labelled barrel of tobacco. Wood-engravings.