Mind If I Smoke?
- Title:
- Mind If I Smoke?
- Creator:
- Singapore National Smoking Control Programme
- Date:
- 1986
- Description:
- 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.
- Publisher:
- Singapore National Smoking Control Programme
- Original Repository:
- The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection
- Rights:
- Reproduced with permission of the Singapore Ministry of Health.
- Genre:
- Posters
Slides (photographs) - Subject:
- Smoking Cessation, Smoking, and Public Health
- Format:
- Still Image
- Extent:
- 1 pages
- Language:
- English
- Legacy Source Citation:
- Original Repository. History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection. 11611. Free Text. This image may also be accessed from the Images from the History of Medicine (IHM).. URL. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/hmd/ihm/. IHM Order Number. A024934
- Legacy ID:
- VCBBDR
- NLM ID:
- 101584655X53
- Profiles Collection:
- Visual Culture and Health Posters
- Shareable Link:
- https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X53
- Story Section:
- Anti-Smoking Campaigns