Tobacco or Health: Choose Health

Tobacco or Health: Choose Health

Contributor(s):
Mullick, Biman
The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection
Publication:
The World Health Organization, 1988
Language(s):
English
Format:
Still image
Subject(s):
Smoking Cessation
Smoking
Public Health
Genre(s):
Archival Materials
Posters
Slides (photographs)
Abstract:
In 1988, the World Health Organization celebrated its 40th anniversary and the first World No Tobacco Day (WNTD), a global event where smokers around the world united to break free from their dependence on tobacco. Established to raise international awareness and support tobacco-free initiatives, the first WNTD honored 11 organizations and 29 individuals for their work in promoting the concept of tobacco-free societies. Artist Biman Mullick was one of the recipients, chosen for establishing CLEANAIR, a non-profit organization engaged in drawing public attention to the effects of smoking on health and the environment, and for creating a series of posters that politely, strongly, and humorously deliver the message that non-smoking is the norm. The image in the poster signifies an opposition between smoking and health (or smoker and nonsmoker), suggesting a choice for one is a choice against the other. The headline presents the viewer with a choice between tobacco and health, while an abstraction of a human head chooses flowers over a cigarette (environment over smoking).. NOTE: Original is slightly blurry.. NOTE: Words at the bottom of the original slide's image were cut off.
Copyright:
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Extent:
1 pages
NLM Unique ID:
101584655X64 (See in Profiles in Science)
Profiles in Science ID:
VCBBFH
Permanent Link:
http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X64
Archival Collection:
Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)