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It is written in Early Modern English and refers to medical theories of the time (e.g. the four humours). [2] In it James blames the Native Americans for bringing tobacco to Europe, complains about passive smoking, warns of dangers to the lungs, and decries tobacco's odour as "hatefull to the nose."
It has been called "a leading anti-tobacco organization" by the New York Times. [2] History. The organization was established in September 1995, ...
The Anti-Cigarette League of America was an anti-smoking advocacy group which had substantial success in the anti-smoking movement in the late 19th and early 20th centuries in the United States in passing anti-smoking legislation. The campaign sought to pass smoking bans in public places as well as ban cigarettes themselves.
Depictions of tobacco smoking in art date back at least to the pre-Columbian Maya civilization, where smoking had religious significance. The motif occurred frequently in painting of the 17th-century Dutch Golden Age, in which people of lower social class were often shown smoking pipes. In European art of the 18th and 19th centuries, the social ...
Pages in category "Anti-smoking activists" The following 73 pages are in this category, out of 73 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Debi Austin;
Her anti-smoking magazine The Boy often contained anecdotes of destructive behavior due to cigarette smoking. [ 6 ] Gaston published magazines for children containing advice on avoiding smoking, and personally haunted less reputable neighborhoods of Chicago, calling down boys for smoking and inducing them to sign the "Clean Life Pledge."
[3] [6] Even so, the restrictions on smoking advertisements contributed to a decline in smoking rates among American adults, as only 18% of adults smoked in 2014, compared to 43% of adults in 1965. [7] [3] Oliver then shows a clip of a tobacco farmer saying, "This is the best time ever to be a tobacco farmer."
Self-Portrait with Cigarette (Norwegian: Selvportrett med sigarett) [2] is an 1895 painting by the Norwegian artist Edvard Munch.Munch's use of the cigarette and physical decay as a rejection of societal values aroused controversy following the self-portrait's 1895 exhibition.