Project Gutenberg 2006-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 598 Apperson, George Latimer 1857 1937 The Social History of Smoking Produced by David Newman, Jeannie Howse and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Social History of Smoking" by George Latimer Apperson is a historical account written in the early 20th century. The book explores the evolution of smoking in England, focusing on its social aspects and the changing attitudes of society toward the practice. Apperson endeavors to provide a comprehensive view on how smoking, particularly tobacco use, reflected and influenced social customs and fashions through the ages. The opening of the text details the historical context of smoking in England, tracing its roots back to before the introduction of tobacco after its arrival from the Americas. Apperson discusses early claims regarding who first smoked tobacco in England and mentions notable figures like Sir Walter Raleigh, who played a significant role in popularizing the practice. He emphasizes that smoking was initially viewed more as a pleasurable social activity rather than a medicinal one, paving the way for further discussion on how it expanded across various social classes and eventually became both fashionable and pervasive in society. The introduction sets the stage for a detailed examination of smoking's history, reflecting both its cultural significance and the many contradictions that arose alongside its adoption. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 62.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Smoking GT Text Category: History - British 487204 2025-10-07T14:06:09.192039 text/html 473438 2006-04-01T09:27:04 text/html 271742 2025-10-07T14:06:20.310959 application/epub+zip 277051 2025-10-07T14:06:13.272983 application/epub+zip 250228 2025-10-07T14:06:11.587007 application/epub+zip 504099 2025-10-07T14:06:24.875915 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 482958 2025-10-07T14:06:18.771989 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 440472 2022-09-08T14:39:07.557912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405769 2025-10-07T14:06:08.128070 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405830 2006-04-01T09:27:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405578 2006-04-01T09:28:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 405583 2006-04-01T09:28:12 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21602 2025-10-07T14:06:25.013925 application/rdf+xml 16056 2025-10-07T14:06:12.120988 image/jpeg 3801 2025-10-07T14:06:11.854994 image/jpeg 162454 2006-04-01T09:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 162137 2006-04-01T09:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 173972 2006-04-01T09:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 162022 2006-04-01T09:28:54 application/octet-stream application/zip 256724 2025-10-07T14:06:09.228000 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia