From Chapter 10: Notwithstanding that the number of
smokers had so largely increased, and was continually increasing,
smoking was regarded socially as something of a vice—to be practised in inconvenient places and not too publicly.
There were still plenty of active opponents and denouncers
of tobacco. One of the most distinguished was the great Duke of Wellington, who abominated
smoking, and was annoyed by the increase of cigar-
smoking among officers of the army. In the early 'forties he issued a General Order (No. 577) which contained a paragraph that would have delighted the heart of King James I. It ran thus: "The Commander-in-Chief has been informed, that the practice of
smoking, by the use of pipes, cigars, or cheroots, has become prevalent among the Officers of the Army, which is not only in itself a species of intoxication occasioned by the fumes
of tobacco, but, undoubtedly, occasions drinking and tippling by those who acquire the habit; and he intreats the Officers commanding Regiments to prevent
smoking in the Mess Rooms of their several Regiments, and in the adjoining apartments, and to discourage the practice among the Officers of Junior Rank in their Regiments."
From Chapter 13: It was not until the 'sixties of the last century that cigarette-
smoking by women began to creep in. Mortimer Collins, writing in 1869, in a curious outburst against the use
of tobacco by young men, said, "When one hears of sly cigarettes between feminine lips at croquet parties, there is no more to be said." Since that date cigarette-
smoking has become increasingly popular among women, and the term "sly" has long ceased to be applicable. "Punch's Pocket-Book" for 1878 had an amusing skit on a ladies' reading-party, to which Mr. Punch acted as "coach." After breakfast the reading ladies lounged on the lawn with cigarettes.
