My favourite smoking/tobacco books

A Listmania! list by Mr. R. Craze "Richard Craze" (Devon, UK)
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Cigarettes are Sublime
1.  Cigarettes are Sublime by Richard Klein
The list author says:
  "Klein says his aim is to praise cigarettes, but certainly not to encourage smoking – not at all. But he isn’t trying to discourage it either. This is a glorious romp through fags in literature and his"
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Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World
2.  Forces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World by David T Courtwright
The list author says:
  "The author says he wrote this book because he, at the duty-free, wondered why he was surrounded by legal drugs. He takes us through a history of the big three: Alcohol, Tobacco & Caffeine but also exp"
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The Faber Book of Smoking
3.  The Faber Book of Smoking by James Walton
The list author says:
  "You must buy this one if just for the photo of Marlene Dietrich in Destry Rides Again – one eye half closed, cigarette barely touching her lipsticked lips. This is real smoking-eroticism."
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The Little Book of Quitting
4.  The Little Book of Quitting by Allen Carr
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  "A wonderful little book of pithy quotes from the master of giving up. Each and every one of these platitudes is enough to have you running for the nearest tobacconist"
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La Diva Nicotina: The Story of How Tobacco Seduced the World
5.  La Diva Nicotina: The Story of How Tobacco Seduced the World by Iain Gately
The list author says:
  "Again buy it for the cover – 1920s gal about to seductively inhale, with a quote from the Spectator: 'As enjoyable and seductive as a fine Silk Cut. I was hooked'"
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Sublime tobacco
6.  Sublime tobacco by Compton Mackenzie
The list author says:
  "Starts with a 62 page prologue ‘My Smoking Life’ in which Sir Compton reveals he smoked half a ton of tobacco since the age of four; now this is a real smoker. As a boy he saw the Empress of Austria"
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The Voice of Tobacco: A Dedicated Smoker's Diary of Not Smoking
7.  The Voice of Tobacco: A Dedicated Smoker's Diary of Not Smoking by Richard Craze
The list author says:
  "Still not smoking at the moment, thank you, and it's been nearly two years now."
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4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

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