Wolfsonian's anti-smoking initiative uses the museum's major collection of propaganda art from 1885 to 1945, along with a teacher's guide to help students deconstruct advertisements for cigarettes and other products. It includes classroom activities that teach students about logos, symbolic representation, visual manipulation and the projecting of moods, like Marlboro macho.
Students also design their own cigarette packs, but the packs have to be truthful.
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