Table 1

Portrayal of smoking in portraiture in the collection of the National Portrait Gallery, London, 1950 to 1999

Years	Photographs			Drawings			Paintings			Cartoons			All portraits
Years	Smoking (n)	Total (n)	% smoking	Smoking (n)	Total (n)	% smoking	Smoking (n)	Total (n)	% smoking	Smoking (n)	Total (n)	% smoking	Smoking (n)	Total (n)	% smoking
1950–59	6	69	8.7	11	82	13.4	2	38	5.3	0	0	0.0	19	189	10.1
1960–69	17	112	15.2	4	46	8.7	0	24	0.0	2	24	8.3	23	206	11.2
1970–79	2	35	5.7	1	39	2.6	1	19	5.3	0	0	0.0	4	93	4.3
1980–89	3	102	2.9	1	49	2.0	1	62	1.6	0	0	0.0	5	215	2.3
1990–99	0	278	0.0	0	22	0.0	2	58	3.4	0	2	0.0	2	358	0.6
1950–99	28	598	4.7	17	238	7.1	6	201	3.0	2	26	7.7	53	1061	5.0
p Value for trend (χ²)		<0.00001			0.002			0.71			−			<0.00001