Selling Smoke: Tobacco Advertising and Anti-Smoking Campaigns
Item
The Great Smoking Debate, The American Cancer Society vs. Mr. Butts
Title
The Great Smoking Debate, The American Cancer Society vs. Mr. Butts
Description
The American Cancer Society issued this pamphlet on November 19, 1992, as part of the “Great American Smokeout” event that happened annually on the third Thursday in November. Garry Trudeau (Yale B.A., 1970, M.F.A. 1973) created Mr. Butts to personify the tobacco industry in his famous Doonesbury comic strip.
Subject
Antismoking
Creator
Garry Trudeau, American Cancer Society
Source
Image from the William Van Duyn Tobacco Advertisement Collection (Ms Coll 20), Medical Historical Library, Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library, Yale University. A finding aid describing the collection is available at http://hdl.handle.net/10079/fa/med.ms.0020.
Publisher
American Cancer Society
Date
1992
Contributor
This project has been funded in whole or in part with federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. HHSN276201100010C with the University of Massachusetts, Worcester.
Rights
Images may be used for purposes of research, private study, or education. The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.
Format
Still image
Language
English
Type
Pamphlets
Identifier
great_smoking_debate.jpg
