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Women pipe smokers, 1969

Women pipe smokers, 1969

“There’s no reason why pipe smoking should be a male institution.”

In 1969, the Festival Hall in London held a women’s pipe smoking convention, where ’50 puffing ladies’ came to join the ‘female smoking revolution’.

British broadcaster Joan Shenton asks whether women should smoke a pipe, and looks at some new pipes – designs befitting the fashion-conscious 60s pipe smoking woman.

Women pipe smokers, 1969