Mind If I Smoke? Smoking Cessation Smoking Public Health The National Smoking Control Programme, a comprehensive long-term plan for smoking control spearheaded by the Ministry of Health in Singapore in 1986, created this poster in response to pro-tobacco forces that emphasized the First Amendment personal freedom of smokers to smoke and tobacco companies to advertise their products. The "Towards a Nation of Non-Smokers" campaign emphasized nonsmokers' rights by using the image of the cigarette to their advantage. In this poster, the reply to the question, "Mind if I smoke?" is made more emphatic by the larger font and red color. Set against the black background, the image of a smashed cigarette symbolizes the ultimate goal of the program: the complete elimination of cigarette smoking in order to promote public health.. NOTE: Slide of original poster image is blurry. Singapore National Smoking Control Programme, 1986 The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection Singapore National Smoking Control Programme Posters Slides (photographs) Archival Materials Still Image 1 pages nlm:nlmuid-101584655X53-img 101584655X53 http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X53 Profiles ID: VCBBDR English Profiles in Science