Chinese opium and pipe smokers

In 19th-century China, opium smoking was accepted as a social grace throughout society. To both the elite and the poor, offering a guest an opium pipe was likened to serving tea. With the wave of Chinese migration to the Straits Settlements during the 19th century, the practice of opium smoking was also brought to Singapore.

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