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The World Health Organization, a component of the United Nations, advocated national restrictive legislation to control and eliminate smoking. The smoking addict, hooked on nicotine was caught between public health efforts to regulate and eliminate tobacco and the efforts to treat the addicts and respect the individual’s right to freedom of choice.


TV commercial made just before his death—and broadcast after his death—from lung cancer caused by smoking.


Carrie Nation
Carrie Nation
  • Born: November 25, 1846
  • Died: June 9, 1911
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Activist

Caroline Amelia Nation, often referred to by Carrie or Carry Nation, was a radical member of the temperance movement, which opposed alcohol before the advent of Prohibition. Nation is noted for attacking alcohol-serving establishments (most often taverns) with a hatchet.