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The Smoke Nuisance The Smoke Nuisance. Race Betterment Foundation: A Journal of Hygiene. Battle Creek, MI, 1886. Drawing. Monograph.

In this interior view of a trolley or train car, a smoking man causes considerable discomfort among the other passengers, particularly two women and a young boy. A gentleman opens a window at the end of the car.

From Images from the History of Medicine, a resource of the History of Medicine Division's Prints and Photographs Collection .

More images on smoking available in Visual Culture and Public Health Posters: Anti-Smoking Campaigns.

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Last reviewed: 12 November 2008
Last updated: 12 November 2008
First published: 11 October 2007
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