The USSR against cancer
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Language(s):
- English French
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Public Health USSR World Health Organization
- Abstract:
- Two posters concerned with the harmful effects of smoking; translations read: "Stop smoking, tobacco is a poison" (above), and "That's how you burn up your health" (below). Verso: WHO/11027. USSR-Cancer. The USSR against cancer: In a special issue World Health has set out to show how the world's second leading cause of death is being fought. All men over 35 and all women over 30 have to be examined at least once a year. Twenty million people in the USSR were examined in 1963 and the mass campaign, begun in 1945, is being intensified in 1964. On walls in the Soviet Union posters are fighting the cigarette. Above: " Stop smoking, tobacco is a poison". Below: " That's how you burn up your health".
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- WHO must be mentioned in the accompanying text and/or given credit. This item may be under copyright protection. Please ask copyright owner for permission before publishing.
- Copyright Holder:
- World Health Organization; Source: Record; Research date: 20151005
- Extent:
- 1 photoprint.
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101436849 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A013763
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101436849