Pitt Rivers Museum displays many ancient smoking equipment, and also shows the cigarettes origins and development. Those equipment’s shapes are different, as these objects show that tobacco may be smoked in a pipe, rolled in paper or leaves and smoked, chewed, or powdered and sniffed. In the later stage, the pipe was beautifully designed with different patterns and colors. It can be seen that tobacco can be ingested in various ways. In different cultures, different ways are favored although smoking is the most common.

Although these old items just smoking equipment, human intelligence can be seen from the little things and smoking is just this small thing can develop so many different types. those snuff bottle and pipe has an artistic design. The patterns, materials, reliefs are quite exquisite. It’s not only a smoking set，but also an artwork.