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The Social History of Smoking
George Apperson
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This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and customs throughout the ages, and the changes in the attitude of society towards smoking.
This work tells the history of smoking in England from the social point of view. Thus it does not deal with the history of tobacco growing or tobacco related manufacture, but is rather the story of how smoking has fitted in with the fashions and customs throughout the ages, and the changes in the attitude of society towards smoking.
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And in a pipe delighteth,
It descends in a close
Through the organ of the nose
With a relish that inviteth.
These are merely a few examples of both the praise and the abuse which were lavished upon tobacco at this early stage in the history of smoking. It would be easy . . . Read More
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Over the last few years the world has experienced a social upheaval that I, for one, thought it both unique and unsettling. I started smoking in the mid-sixties and at the time the practice wasn't as openly condemned as it is today. The Social History of Smoking by George Latimer Apperson traces the