One hundred years ago

A proposed international counterblast to tobacco

BMJ 2000; 321 doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7269.1117/a (Published 4 November 2000)
Cite this as: BMJ 2000;321:1117.2

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Not long before Field Marshal the Duke of Wellington retired from the office of head of the British Army, he issued the famous “General Order No. 577,” in which he declared in a tone of horrified surprise that “the Commander-in-Chief has been informed that the practice of smoking, by the …

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