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Switzerland. Bundesamt für Gesundheit

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    A toppled broken drinking glass with the remainder of a drink and some ice cubes in, representing alcoholism as breaking human relations. Colour lithograph, 2001.

    | Date: [2001] | Reference: 748980i
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    A corkscrew, bottle opener, cork, stoppers, bottle-tops etc.; representing alcohol consumption. Colour lithograph, ca. 1999.

    | Date: [1999?] | Reference: 750075i
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    Blocks of flats against a big field of dried grass, with some lights on and some lights out, representing smokers dying in Switzerland every day. Colour lithograph by By Heart Kommunikation AG, 199-.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 730896i
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    A child's bedroom empty with a big flat (deflated?) teddy bear on the floor and a stuffed teddy bear seated on it, the child absent; representing oxygen deprivation in children due to the mother's smoking during pregnancy. Colour lithograph by By Heart Kommunikation AG, 199-.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 730897i
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    An abandoned retirement home in a garden, with an empty swimming pool in front of it, representing the premature death of smokers from heart attacks. Colour lithograph by By Heart Kommunikation AG, 199-.

    | Date: [between 1990 and 1999?] | Reference: 730895i
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