Stories
- Article
Inhaling happiness and gasping for a high
The rapid, short-lived high we get from whippets, reefers and vapes can be accompanied by long-term health consequences. The search is on for safer ways to get stoned.
- Article
Booze and bad behaviour
Our love of alcohol is like a party that’s lasted nine centuries. But there are signs that the demon drink is losing its appeal.
- Article
A brief history of ventilation
As ventilators continue to play an important part in helping very ill coronavirus patients, medical historian Dr Lindsey Fitzharris traces their development from the first attempts at mouth-to-mouth resuscitation through centuries of medical crises.
- Article
Drugs in Victorian Britain
Many common remedies were taken throughout the 19th century, with more people than ever using them. What was the social and cultural context of this development?
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Tobacco Industry
Date: 2002Reference: SA/ASH/U/175Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Tobacco Industry
Date: 1981-1991Reference: SA/ASH/T/5/21Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Tobacco Industry
Date: 1999Reference: SA/ASH/U/108Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Tobacco Industry
Date: 2001Reference: SA/ASH/U/154Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)- Archives and manuscripts
Tobacco Industry
Date: 1999Reference: SA/ASH/U/99Part of: Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)