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Cigarette Package, Virginia Supreme Filter, Cigarettes Are A Hearbreaker

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Cigarette Package, Virginia Supreme Filter, Cigarettes Are A Hearbreaker

Identifier:
2007.18.3
Description:
Unopened package of cigarettes with French and English printing on carton. Holds 25 king size filtered cigarettes. Package includes dominant graphic image of a damaged heart with clogged arteries and a written warning by Health Canada. Black, white, red & blue.;Demonstrates the early 21st century attitudes about tobacco use and its associated health risks;Purchased by donor while visiting Quebec City Canada in 2004.;1) Cigarettes Are a Hearbreaker/ Tobacco use result in the clogging of arteries in your heart. Clogged arteries cause heart attacks and can cause death. Health Canada. |
Date:
1999 – 2007
Materials:
Tobacco, Paper, Plastic
Dimensions:
3.5" h 4" w 0.5" d
Current Location Status:
In Storage
Source:
Gift Of John And Marilyn Merdzinski
Related Entities:
Tabac ADL Tobacco (creator) Marilyn Merdzinski (donor)
Marilyn Merdzinski was one of the Grand Rapids Public Museum's most influential and longest-serving employees.  She started her career at the GRPM just out of college in 1977 and retired 37 years later in 2015.  During her tenure at the GRPM she held numerous leadership positions in the Collections Department, eventually retiring as the Vice President of Collections.  Among her numerous accomplishments are stewarding the museum's collections safely through several moves, helping to establish the conceptual framework for the new Van Andel Museum Center, becoming a national leader on NAGPRA issues, and helping to found the Museum School.