Title:

Tobacco or Health: Choose Health

Creator:

Mullick, Biman

Date:

1988

Description:

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.

Publisher:

The World Health Organization

Original Repository:

The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection

Rights:

Reproduced with permission of the Norwegian 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. A025006

Legacy ID:

VCBBFH

NLM ID:

101584655X64

Profiles Collection:

Visual Culture and Health Posters

Shareable Link:

https://profiles.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X64

Story Section:

Anti-Smoking Campaigns