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Hot Spots of Human Destruction: The Howard Bishop Papers

May 30, 2019 Circulating Now

By James Labosier ~ Howard Bishop was confident that he knew what was best for people and that people needed to be told. In the

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Making Exhibition Connections: Melnick Medical Museum

June 22, 2018 Circulating Now

National Library of Medicine traveling exhibitions are hosted throughout the United States and across the world. The host libraries, museums, and organizations plan and present

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On the poster Peggy Fleming skating below the text I don't smoke cigarettes.

Olympians Say “No” to Substance Abuse

August 18, 2016 Circulating Now

by Erika Mills Every two years, the Olympics Games make heroes out of the world’s athletic elite. Champions win worldwide fame, admiration, and influence along

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Smoking and You

November 19, 2015

By Sarah Eilers Today is the 40th annual Great American Smokeout. The first was held in California in 1976, and the American Cancer Society took

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Interior view of a trolley or train car, where a man is smoking and causing considerable discomfort among the other passengers

What’s Your Quit Day?

November 20, 2014 circulating now

By Ginny A. Roth For nearly 42 million Americans, smoking is a hard habit to break.  The American Cancer Society (ACS) calls tobacco use the

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Detail of Report cover reading: Smoking and Health Report of the Advisory Committee to theSurgeon General of the Public Health Service.

Smoking in America: 50 Years On

January 10, 2014 Circulating Now

By Christie Moffatt Fifty years ago, on January 11, 1964,  the Surgeon General of the United States, Luther L. Terry, issued Smoking and Health: Report

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Quit Smoking… It’s Only Logical

November 21, 2013 circulating now

 By Ginny A. Roth This 1989 poster from the American Cancer Society (ACS) features pop culture icon Leonard Nimoy, as his character Mr. Spock from

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