Title:

Everyone Loves a Quitter

Creator:

American Lung Association

Date:

1987

Description:

Responding to the 1985 Surgeon General's report on smoking and occupational exposure, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services established a smoke-free environment in its facilities in 1987, affecting 120,000 employees nationwide. One year later, the American Lung Association established a multi-component program called TUFFS (Team Up for Freedom from Smoking) in order to help businesses create and implement smoking policies in the workplace. As part of the TUFFS program, this poster was part of a series of workplace advertisements designed to promote cooperative anti-smoking measures in a lighthearted and good-natured manner. By using animation, these posters use humor and exaggerated depictions of workplace encounters to promote behavioral change. This image encourages smoking cessation with its clever headline --"Everyone loves a quitter"-- and the embellished celebration of an ex-smoker, hailed by his co-workers.. NOTE: Slide of original poster image is slightly blurry.

Publisher:

American Lung Association

Original Repository:

The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection

Rights:

Reprinted with permission c2003 American Lung Association. For more information on how you can support to fight lung disease, the third leading cause of death in the U.S., please contact the American Lung Association at 1-800-LUNG-USA (1-800-586-4872) or logon to the Web site at: and http://www.lungusa.org/

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. A024944

Legacy ID:

VCBBFD

NLM ID:

101584655X61

Profiles Collection:

Visual Culture and Health Posters

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X61

Story Section:

Anti-Smoking Campaigns