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

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