"There is an undeniable pleasure to be taken in Smoke’s copious visual material."

Evening Standard

"Exquisitely produced book . . . like a pack of cigarettes, it’s something to be dipped into for smoky treats."

Mail on Sunday

"In what is perhaps the high point of the book, Daniel Gilman offers an outstanding and subtle analysis of the way in which the question in Japan is not ’to smoke or not to smoke’, but rather whether one is smoking correctly. . . The magpie reader will find many little gems here."

Nigel Barley | The Times Higher Education Supplement

"This is no book for the pinched-nosed policy-makers casting about for more cheap smoke-screen legislation. And it’s hardly a gift for those hoping to stick to New Year’s resolutions. But for others who have consigned their ashtrays to Oxfam and forgotten how Santa used to light-up a Lucky Strike after his hard night’s work or who can savour the ironies of Christopher Columbus introducing Amero-Indians to church incense before loading up with weed, it’s a worthy substitute to pass with the port."

Roger Cooter | The Lancet

"Most people . . . will find plenty in it to delight them."

Keith Miller | Times Literary Supplement

"Smoke is a skilful blend of broad scholarship and general appeal. Comprehensive and well written, it is lavishly illustrated with pages of costly colour and its production is a tribute to the modern printer’s art. . . .It could hardly be bettered as a conversation piece."

Ian Hicks | The Sydney Morning Herald

"Whether you’re a committed smoker or a zealous guardian of public health, this lush coffee-table book about the history of smoking is bound to fascinate."

Cameron Woodhead | The Age

The contributors to Smoke provide some intriguing insights into the foggy history of the twentieth century’s romance with tobacco."

Modern Painters

"For Gilman and Zhou, smoking is an activity that helps define what it means to be human. Their book . . . confirms the idea that smoking and the theatrical go together."

Boston Globe