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[[File:CoughsAndSneezesSpreadDiseases.jpg|thumb|1918 campaign on the dangers of [[Spanish flu]].]]
[[File:Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases Art.IWMPST14158.jpg|thumb|left|Ministry of Health poster used during the [[Second World War]], designed by [[H. M. Bateman]].]]
[[File:Coughs and Sneezes.ogv|thumb|Later film produced in 1945]]
"'''Coughs and sneezes spread diseases'''" was a slogan first used in the [[United States]] in 1918 against the "[[Spanish flu]]" pandemic,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> later promoted by the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Department of Health and Social Care|Ministry of Health]] in 1942 to encourage good [[public hygiene]] and prevent the spread of the [[common cold]], [[influenza]] and other [[respiratory illness]]es.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The original posters were designed by British cartoonist [[H. M. Bateman]] and advised citizens to "trap the germs in your [[handkerchief]]"; more recent campaigns by the NHS (such as "[[Catch it, Bin it, Kill it]]") promote [[hand washing]] and the use of disposable [[paper handkerchief]]s or coughing or sneezing into one's elbow so as to not contaminate the hands.<ref name="Prentice">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
It was later used intermittently by the [[National Health Service]] (NHS) following its establishment in 1948, as well as public officials, in the [[2009 flu pandemic|H1N1 swine flu pandemic]] in 2009<ref name="Prentice" /> and the [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom|2020 coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The phrase was also used by the European branch of the [[World Health Organisation]] in 2019 in a video on influenza.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The original posters of these were published during the [[Second World War]] and showed people in the workplace, on the street and on public transport sneezing without covering their nose or mouth, spreading their [[respiratory droplets]]. The [[National Archives]] notes that these posters were created as an attempt to prevent wartime work absenteeism because of illness.<ref name="Prentice" />
==See also==
[[Category:Slogans]]
[[Category:Advertising campaigns]]
[[Category:Public health in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British advertising slogans]]
[[Category:Public health education]]
[[Category:Health promotion]]
[[Category:Health campaigns]]
[[Category:Medical hygiene]]
[[File:Coughs and Sneezes Spread Diseases Art.IWMPST14158.jpg|thumb|left|Ministry of Health poster used during the [[Second World War]], designed by [[H. M. Bateman]].]]
[[File:Coughs and Sneezes.ogv|thumb|Later film produced in 1945]]
"'''Coughs and sneezes spread diseases'''" was a slogan first used in the [[United States]] in 1918 against the "[[Spanish flu]]" pandemic,<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> later promoted by the [[United Kingdom]]'s [[Department of Health and Social Care|Ministry of Health]] in 1942 to encourage good [[public hygiene]] and prevent the spread of the [[common cold]], [[influenza]] and other [[respiratory illness]]es.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The original posters were designed by British cartoonist [[H. M. Bateman]] and advised citizens to "trap the germs in your [[handkerchief]]"; more recent campaigns by the NHS (such as "[[Catch it, Bin it, Kill it]]") promote [[hand washing]] and the use of disposable [[paper handkerchief]]s or coughing or sneezing into one's elbow so as to not contaminate the hands.<ref name="Prentice">Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
It was later used intermittently by the [[National Health Service]] (NHS) following its establishment in 1948, as well as public officials, in the [[2009 flu pandemic|H1N1 swine flu pandemic]] in 2009<ref name="Prentice" /> and the [[2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom|2020 coronavirus pandemic]].<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref> The phrase was also used by the European branch of the [[World Health Organisation]] in 2019 in a video on influenza.<ref>Liquid error: wrong number of arguments (given 1, expected 2)</ref>
The original posters of these were published during the [[Second World War]] and showed people in the workplace, on the street and on public transport sneezing without covering their nose or mouth, spreading their [[respiratory droplets]]. The [[National Archives]] notes that these posters were created as an attempt to prevent wartime work absenteeism because of illness.<ref name="Prentice" />
==See also==
[[Category:Slogans]]
[[Category:Advertising campaigns]]
[[Category:Public health in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:British advertising slogans]]
[[Category:Public health education]]
[[Category:Health promotion]]
[[Category:Health campaigns]]
[[Category:Medical hygiene]]
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