Stories
- In pictures
Smoking and the pleasure principle
Cigarettes gifted ex-smoker David Jesudason coughing, wheezing and fatigue, yet they also gave him pleasure. Here he unpicks his fluctuating attitudes towards lighting up.
- In pictures
Hookah smoking in colonial Calcutta
Hookah smoking began in the royal courts of Mughal India, and like many other local customs, it was readily adopted by British colonials in the 18th century as a symbol of wealth and status.
- In pictures
A medical history of smoking, from cure to killer
Today smoking is seen publicly as a deadly vice, privately perhaps as more of a guilty pleasure. Follow tobacco’s journey over the centuries from medical remedy to killer carcinogen.
- Interview
Inside the minds of A R Hopwood and Honor Beddard
The curators of ‘Smoke and Mirrors’ reveal the stories behind the exhibits, and the intriguing truths the show confronts us with.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Smoking? : young people's guide to being smoke-free / Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust.
Date: 2008- Archives and manuscripts
'Smoking'
Date: Jan 1964-Dec 1967Reference: SA/CRC/N.19/1Part of: Cancer Research Campaign, formerly British Empire Cancer Campaign- Ephemera
Smoking affects us all.
Date: [201-?]- Videos
Smoking and you.
Date: 1963- Videos
- Online
Smoking and you.
Date: 1963
