Cartoonists of the period had fun with the offensive odor that tobacco smoke left in fabric.  In the December 31, 1864 issue, the mother in a cartoon recognized that the daughter had seen her boyfriend from the smell of his cigars, which had been absorbed by the daughter’s clothing.  In a cartoon from the November 17, 1866 issue, a son warned his father that the boy’s absent mother would be angry if the men smoked because she would return to smell the odor in the dining room curtains.  However, one entrepreneur, assuming that not all women disliked tobacco smoke, advertised a tobacco perfume in the May 29, 1869 issue.  The ad only appeared once.

Cartoonists also made light of the serious fire hazard that smoking presented.  In a cartoon from the May 26, 1888 issue, firefighters responded to smoke billowing out of a window and found a smoker who had fallen asleep.  In a cartoon from the November 17, 1888 issue, the difficulties of lighting a cigar led to a smoker’s newspaper catching on fire.