The USSR against cancer

The USSR against cancer

Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
Language(s):
English
French
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Death
Public Health
USSR
World Health Organization.
Abstract:
Two posters concerned with the harmful effects of smoking. Translations read: (left) "Six times more lung cancer among smokers" and (right) "Stop smoking: the nicotine in 5 cigarettes kills a rabbit, that in 100 cigarettes kills a horse." Verso: WHO/11028. USSR- Cancer. The USSR against cancer. In a special issue World Health has set out to show how the world's second leading cause of death is being fought. All men over 35 and all women over 30 have to be examined at least once a year. Twenty million people in the USSR were examined in 1963 and the mass campaign begun in 1948, is being intesified in 1964. On walls in the Soviet Union posters are fighting the cigarette. Left: " Six times more lung cancer among smokers" Right: " Stop smoking: the nicotine in 5 cigarettes kills a rabbit, that in 100 cigarettes kills a horse".
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Copyright Information:
World Health Organization; World Health Organization website
Extent:
1 photoprint.
NLM Unique ID:
101436851 (See catalog record)
NLM Image ID:
A013764
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436851