Mask for smokers

Back in 1919, Edward T. Duncan solved the problem of how to smoke and wear a mask at the same time.

Smoke if you want to, even though you wear an influenza mask. Corn plasters fitted to the mask, inside and out, supply the necessary hole.

The only modern near-equivalent I can find is a mask that jokes about having a "smoke hole," without actually having one.

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Posted By: Alex - Fri Aug 20, 2021
Category: Health | Smoking and Tobacco | 1910s

Comments

I remember a few news photos of people doing similar hole punching to smoke in COVID masks. They just used tape as I recall.

Posted by eddi on 08/20/21 at 10:17 PM

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