A cigarette is the perfect type of a perfect pleasure. It is exquisite, and it leaves one unsatisfied. What more can one want?
– Oscar Wilde
The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chapter 6. Lord Henry sings the praises of the pleasure of cigarette smoking. The late 19th century saw the growth in the rise of cigarette smoking as cigarettes began to be mass produced – before this the cigar and pipe reigned supreme with smokers, the cigarette being seen as effeminate and foreign.