[Even the Best Cigarettes Can Be Your Tomb] [Translated from Russian] [Even the Best Cigarettes Can Be Your Tomb] [Translated from Russian]

Contributor(s): The World Health Organization The History of Medicine Division. Prints and Photographs Collection Publication: The World Health Organization, [ca. 1985] Language(s): Russian Format: Still image Subject(s): Smoking Public Health Genre(s): Archival Materials Posters Slides (photographs) Abstract: This poster, created by the World Health Organization for Russian distribution, offers a striking image of a victim whose shoes extend from beneath a pile of cigarette butts. This symbolic representation of the dangers and deadliness of smoking warns the viewer, "Even the best cigarettes can be your tomb." The image incorporates a number of visual strategies common in anti-smoking campaigns, including an image of death (in this case entombment), an emphasis on the repulsive quality of cigarette butts themselves, the cumulative health effects of smoking cigarettes (in this case death), and the responsibility of the individual in the act of smoking.. NOTE: Slide of original poster image is slightly blurry. Copyright: This item may be under copyright protection; contact the copyright owner for permission before re-use. Extent: 1 pages NLM Unique ID: 101584655X54 (See in Profiles in Science) Profiles in Science ID: VCBBDT Permanent Link: http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101584655X54 Archival Collection: Visual Culture and Health Posters (Profiles in Science)