Two Greenwich Pensioners sitting in the garden of a tavern, near the Hospital, a woman behind listening to them, another Pensioner in the distance on the right. Mezzotint, 1791.

Two boys posing with cigarettes. Photographic postcard by A. Caggiano, 190-.

James Ludovic Lindsay, 26th Earl of Crawford. Colour lithograph by L. Ward (Spy), 1878.

A woman smoking a pipe and holding a drinking glass. Etching.

Two Malay men and a woman sit and recline on the floor smoking opium. Wood-engraving, late 19th century.

Five men gather round a table to play cards, drink and smoke in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after D. Teniers, the younger.

Egypt: a street with a man smoking and riding a camel. Chromolithograph after C. F. H. Werner, 1873.

Customers drink and smoke in a spirit shop in South Africa. Wood engraving, c. 1877.

A man with an extra large head exhales smoke from an enormous cigar. Coloured lithograph, c. 1880, after T. Worth.

Men smoking, drinking and singing in a dingy smoke den. Engraving by J. Goldar after E. van Heemskerk.

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<p>Leaflet promoting a healthier, balanced diet, explaining what cholesterol is, why it is harmful and what can be done to lower it (exercise, better diet, stopping smoking too). Products in Tesco stores will be labelled to reflect fat content etc.</p>

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A healthy eating guide : cholesterol / Tesco Stores Ltd.

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Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

<p>An animated cartoon on smoking and health. The villain, Old Nick O'Teen , disguises himself as an 18-year-old motor cyclist, the better to lure children into the cigarette habit. Fourteen-year-old Sam falls into the trap, but after awesome visions of his future, expert advice from a doctor, and straight talk from a friendly lorry-driver renounces the habit.  1 segment.</p>

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Dying for a smoke.

Die Rauchhere : alten und jungen Gliedern des Raucherordens, sonderlich rauchenden Vätern, Lehrern und Geistlichen zur genaueren Betrachtung und Warnung vorgeführt : nebst einem Emancipationsvorschlage / von J. Strebel.

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A healthy eating guide : cholesterol / Tesco Stores Ltd.

Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Dying for a smoke.

Die Rauchhere : alten und jungen Gliedern des Raucherordens, sonderlich rauchenden Vätern, Lehrern und Geistlichen zur genaueren Betrachtung und Warnung vorgeführt : nebst einem Emancipationsvorschlage / von J. Strebel.

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A healthy eating guide : cholesterol / Tesco Stores Ltd.

Textiles: cultivation and spinning of cotton. Engraving.

Smoking and drinking / by James Parton.

Dying for a smoke.

Die Rauchhere : alten und jungen Gliedern des Raucherordens, sonderlich rauchenden Vätern, Lehrern und Geistlichen zur genaueren Betrachtung und Warnung vorgeführt : nebst einem Emancipationsvorschlage / von J. Strebel.

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