Four Kings
Smoking & The British Royal Family
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Edward VII
1841-1910
Succumbed to bronchitis caused by heavy smoking May 6, 1910.
George V
1865-1936
Succumbed to bronchitis caused by heavy smoking January 20, 1936.
Edward VIII
1894-1972
Succumbed to complications of throat cancer caused by heavy smoking May 28, 1972.
George VI
1895-1952
Succumbed to coronary thrombosis caused by heavy smoking February 6, 1952.
How Smoking Killed Four Kings
Article by Oliver Gillie in The Sunday Times Magazine from September 4, 1977
Kinny Bros Library Album
Promotional Booklet for the Kinney Tobacco Co. featuring celebrities and royalty from 1910.
U.K. Tobacco Statistics
Report by the Royal Statistical Society from 1950