Poster child

Produced by the Health Ministry of British Columbia, this poster showing a young girl smoking serves as a vivid reminder of why smoking is not such a good idea.

Ugly!

Many people may have seen this anti-smoking poster by now; nonetheless it still retains some memorably horrible imagery.

Australia - Aorta Poster (External Image)

Poster with fat oozing from the heart's main blood vessel.

Medical Images on the Web (External Web Page)

There are many online medical-image libraries available over the internet. Here, the McGoogan Library of Medicine at the University of Nebraska has put together a links page leading to some of these image libraries.

Dead Cool Smokers (External Web Page)

Mike Foster has collected images of 'cool' celebrities who have died of smoking related diseases, as well as some images of contemporary celebrities who smoke. He also provides short biographies with information on their lifespan and the causes of their deaths.

The Campaign for tobacco-free kids' ad gallery (External Web Page)

Another huge, but searchable and user-friendly, database of tobacco ads from over the years.

20th Century Tobacco advertisement collection (External Web Page)

Collected by Richard Pollay, this enormous collection of advertising materials used by the tobacco companies over the years is a good starting point for looking at the different approaches used to market tobacco.