You can't scrub your lungs clean

Made:
1975-1981 in England
publisher:
The Health Education Council
Poster with the anti-smoking message 'You can't scrub your

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Poster with the anti-smoking message 'You can't scrub your
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Poster, with the anti-smoking message 'You can't scrub your lungs clean', illustrated with a photographic image of dirty hands being washed, produced by the Health Education Council, London, England, c.1975-1981.

Dirty hands being washed illustrate the anti-smoking message: 'You can't scrub your lungs clean'. Clear evidence by the mid-1970s said smoking caused health problems. These include chronic bronchitis, emphysema, heart disease, strokes, and cancers of the tongue, jaw, stomach, lung and oesophagus. The Health Education Council, who issued this poster in the late 1970s, claimed that lung cancer killed ten times more smokers than non-smokers.

Details

Category:
Public Health & Hygiene
Object Number:
1999-241/48
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 595 mm x 420 mm
type:
poster
credit:
Donated by the Health Education Authority