Smoking opium had become common in the 19th century, and British merchants increased their trade with the Chinese.

Smoking came to be seen more as way to flavor than to preserve food.

Modine made his feature directorial debut with If ... Dog ... Rabbit, which came after the success of three short films debuting at the prestigious Sundance Film Festival: When I Was a Boy ( co-directed with Todd Field ), Smoking written by David Sedaris, and Ecce Pirate written by Modine.

A similar ban, under the Smoking ( Northern Ireland ) Order 2006 came into effect in Northern Ireland on 30 April 2007.

The secret rituals of the Smoking Mirror hold that the sun was in fact merely a round hole in the soap bubble which opened into the fiery real world beyond, and that the stars were the holes that the rain came through.

Ray adds that a group of men ( one of whom seems to be the Cigarette Smoking Man ) came to the hospital to claim the girl, only to find that she had disappeared from her locked hospital room.

* Action on Smoking and Health, an anti-smoking charity

Smoking PCP is known as " getting wet ", and a cigarette or joint which has been dipped in PCP may be referred to on the street as a " fry stick ," " sherm ," " leak ," " amp ," " lovely ," " KJ ( an abbreviation for ' Killer Joint ')," " toe tag ", " dipper ", " happy stick ," or " wet stick.

* Smoking: Food can be hot smoked by putting the smoking material in the bottom of the wok while food is placed on a rack above.

In this respect, the almost limitless and sometimes esoteric knowledge the Junior Woodchuck Guidebook offers is a gently satirical comment on the " Scout Bible ", as the original Scouting For Boys by Baden-Powell was sometimes known, a book giving advice on a vast range of subjects, including " Smoking ", " How The Empire Must be Held ", " Courtesy To Women ", and " How to Revive A Suicide "

Smoking on Underground trains was banned in July 1984.

It was pioneered by I-F with their track " Space Invaders Are Smoking Grass " ( 1998 ), and pursued by artists including Felix da Housecat, Peaches, Chicks on Speed, and Ladytron.

The city is home to Patrick Tribett, whose mugshot became an internet phenomenon on Fark and The Smoking Gun after being arrested repeatedly for huffing gold paint.

In response to this criticism, RJR instituted " Let's Clear the Air on Smoking ," a campaign of full-page advertisements consisting entirely of large type text, which denied the charges and declared that smoking is " an adult custom.

Jackson has actively campaigned against smoking bans in both the United States and the United Kingdom, writing a 2005 pamphlet The Smoking Issue, a 2007 essay Smoke, Lies and the Nanny State, and issuing a satirical song (" In 20-0-3 ") on the subject.

She now manages Bonaduce's career full-time, works as a writer for his radio show, and is occasionally seen in sketches on The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest ... on truTV.

Smoking is allowed only at designated smoking areas outside JQH Arena, Plaster Stadium, Hammons Student Center, and Juanita K. Hammons Hall during performances or events, and inside of private vehicles located on University parking lots.

Ironically, Kellenberger replaced original Smoking Popes drummer Mike Fellumlee, who played drums for Alkaline Trio on their album, From Here to Infirmary, after the Smoking Popes broke up, and now plays with Squirtgun ).

Smoking is allowed in designated areas on campus only.

Revolution announced the remastered edition of the second game in the Broken Sword series on 9 December 2010, called Broken Sword: The Smoking Mirror-Remastered.

two DVDs: Pied Piper Go to Yesterday and Blue Song With Blue Poppies, two best-of compilation albums, Rock Stock & Too Smoking the pillows and Once upon a time in the pillows, a single " Ameagari ni mita Maboroshi " ( featured on their 16th studio album OoParts ( Out of Place Artifacts )) and later the DVD of their anniversary concert, Lostman Go to Budokan, released in the following year.

* Smoking is prohibited on all Via trains.

In response to the criticism, R. J. Reynolds instituted " Let's Clear the Air on Smoking ", a campaign of full-page magazine advertisements consisting entirely of text, typically set in large type, denying those charges, and declaring that smoking is " an adult custom ".

All three new documentaries by Turner (" The Guilty Men ," " The Smoking Gun " and " The Love Affair ") were then permanently withdrawn by the History Channel, though they were originally slated to be viewed at least annually on the History Channel until the 50th anniversary of the Kennedy assassination ( November, 2013 ).

He has also appeared on truTV's The Smoking Gun Presents: World's Dumbest ... as a frequent commentator — mainly on episodes that feature the " World's Dumbest Drivers ".

In Syria, Grand Mufti Ahmad Badruddin Hassoun prohibiting every type of smoking, including cigarettes and narghile, as well as the selling and buying of tobacco and any affiliation with tobacco distribution ( see also Smoking in Syria ).

Smoking became familiar throughout Europe — in pipes in Britain — by the mid-16th century and, half a century later, tobacco started to be grown commercially in America.

Smoking is the most common method of consuming tobacco, and tobacco is the most common substance smoked.

" At a time when tobacco companies were major advertisers, Seldes discussed the contents of a study called, " Tobacco Smoking and Longevity ", which he said had been suppressed since 1939.

Smoking bans ( or smoke-free laws ) are public policies, including criminal laws and occupational safety and health regulations, which prohibit tobacco smoking in workplaces and other public spaces.

In June 2009, Buyer became the subject of some prime-time TV news attention when he likened the physical effects of smoking tobacco to those of smoking dried, rolled lettuce or grass when taking the floor against the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act.

Smoking and other tobacco use are associated with about 75 percent of oral cancer cases, caused by irritation of the mucous membranes of the mouth from smoke and heat of cigarettes, cigars, and pipes.

Thank You for Smoking is another satire, its protagonist a lobbyist for the tobacco industry, Nick Naylor.

See, Smoking pipe ( tobacco )# Calabash.

In 2009, the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act was introduced in the US Congress and signed into law by President Barack Obama, giving the FDA significantly more regulatory power over tobacco ; one of the provisions in the law includes a ban on the use of flavors in tobacco, other than menthol.

A Smoking pipe ( tobacco ) | smoking pipe carved from meerschaum.

Partially as a response to this finding, Congress passed the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act, which expressly granted the FDA the power to regulate the tobacco industry.

Much of Banzhaf's tobacco work has been done through the non-profit group Action on Smoking and Health, which he founded in 1967.

FOREST ( an acronym for " Freedom Organisation for the Right to Enjoy Smoking Tobacco ") is a United Kingdom political pressure group which campaigns against tobacco control activity.

Smoking tobacco was illegal during the Dynasty, but the use of snuff was allowed because the Chinese considered snuff to be a remedy for common illnesses such as colds, headaches and stomach disorders.

In Singapore, tobacco advertising was completely banned on 1 March 1971, whereby all kinds of advertising on newspapers and magazines was strictly prohibited, under the Prohibition of Advertisements relating to Smoking Act, 1970.

A Smoking Advertisement Unit was set up by the Ministry, and officers were located in areas that had any type of tobacco advertisement within the few months before the blanket ban on tobacco advertising kicked off on 1 March 1971.

Smoking tobacco is not forbidden but is discouraged.

* New Smoking Material, tobacco substitutes such as Cytrel