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Woman's holy war, Currier & Ives, New York, 1874, Library of Congress, 2003656595
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High Grade Cigarettes, Library of Congress LC-DIG-ppmsca-44044, Rochester, 1880
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Thomas Fisher Rare Books Library, broadsides:RBD00297, Toronto, 1890
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The first cigarette
Marked satisfaction
Vague worry
Final catastrophe
Le samedi, Montréal, 14 February 1891
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The Pacific Coast, The Dominion Illustrated, Montreal, 15 August 1891
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Life, New York, 3 October 1907
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Drug Act, 20 July 1908
Opium Act, 1908
In the House of Commons on July 10, 1908, the Minister of Labour proposed the adoption of a motion prohibiting: “the importation, manufacture and sale of opium for other than medicinal purposes.” The manufacture, sale and possession for the purpose of selling crude opium or opium prepared for use by smokers was also prohibited. The bill was given Royal Assent on July 20, 1908.
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Drug Act, 20 July 1908Drug Act, 20 July 1908
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Life, New York, 3 July 1913
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Maclean's Magazine, Toronto, 1 March 1914
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Canada's Tobacco Fund, Montreal, Library and Congress LC-USZC4-12681, 1915
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Smoking Soldiers, Great Britain, 1915, Library of Congress, 2003675362
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Judge, New York, 25 March 1916
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Postcard Cigarette Fiend, 1917, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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The new morality ply exit demon-rum--enter drug habit, William Allen Rogers, artist, New York Herald, 23 January 1919, LC 2010717807
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The Labor Journal, Everett, Wash. 28 April 1922
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Group of Canadian Customs officers with opium smuggling devices, 4 July 1929, Vancouver Public Library, 22948
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Windsor McKay , Chicago Herald and Examiner, 23 August 1929
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Windsor McKay, 1930
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Lou Skuce, Taddle Creek, General Engineering Company, Archives of Ontario, 1939-45, Conan Tobias
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Dethrone King Alcohol, Library of Congress LC-DIG-ppmsca-42681, Topeka, 28 October 1951
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Byte magazine, American Cancer Society, Nov 1975, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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A picture of Sir Raleigh coughing after smoking a peace pipe. LAC Acc. No. 1983-33-1762 National Minister of Health
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Sir Walter Raleigh n'en savait rien...mais vous, vous le savez! LAC Acc. No. 1983-33-1762 National Minister of Health
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Varsity, Toronto, 8 January 1987
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Alan King, Ottawa Citizen, 27 January 1994
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