British Conservative Party politician Dame Unity Lister (1913-1998) – ‘When I gave up smoking cigarettes 10 years ago I switched to a pipe – but I didn’t like that so I tried a cigar- and liked it.’
British Conservative Party politician Unity Lister (1913-1998) pictured smoking a cigar in London on 12th February 1963. Unity Lister is the Tory representative for West Woolwich on the London County Council. (Photo by Stan Meagher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Feb. 02, 1963 – Cigar Smoking Mrs. Lister – of the L.C.C. King Size – for a day.: Mrs. Unity Lister usually smokes 10 miniature cigars a day . Yesterday she was nominated for a King Size job – and she celebrated with a King Size cigar. her name was put forward for the deputy chairmanship of London County Council.
Said 49 year old Mrs. Lister ‘When I gave up smoking cigarettes 10 years ago I switched to a pipe – but I didn’t like that so I tried a cigar- and liked it.’ She has been smoking cigar ever since. Mrs. Lister, who was first elected to the L.C.C. in 1949, is a Conservative member for West Woolwich.
