ŠÚZO Health Education

Commissioned by the State Institute of Health Education (ŠÚZO) promoting healthy lifestyle habits. Produced by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica match factory in Czechoslovakia, 1966.

Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a red stylised hand raised against a dark background, with a match-stick motif on the palm. It warns against the careless or playful use of matches to prevent burns and fires.
"We Are Not for Playing!"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring two figures – one drinking alcohol and one smoking, and warns that both activities are harmful to health.
"Harmful to Health"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a smiling girl with a skipping rope on a green background. It advises that children should stay healthy through outdoor play and physical activity.
"Allow Children Movement"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a man wearing coat and hat covering his mouth with a tissue, on a red background. It promotes personal hygiene and preventing the spead of disease.
"Don't Transmit the Flu"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a glass of milk and cheese on blue background. It promotes including dairy in your daily diet.
"Dairy Products Daily"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a stylised graphic of a blood bag on a black and white background. It promotes awareness of supporting life through giving blood.
"Blood + Life"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a stylised tent and pine trees under a sun, on green background. It promotes outdoor activities to boost wellbeing.
"Holiday in Nature"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a beer mug and shot glass on a road with a warning barrier. A rare text-free design warning against drinking and driving.
"Don't Drink and Drive"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a tree and a waste bin in a public park. It encourages people to keep their surroundings clean and free of litter.
"Take Care of Cleanliness"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring an apple on red and and a lemon on blue. It celebrates the sustaining power of vitamins – supporting good health by day and by night.
"Vitamins"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a hand raised below a guard covering a spinning blade. It promotes the importance of using protective guards and safety coverings when operating machinery.
"Never Without Protective Cover"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a happy child playing with a bucket and spade, on a red background. It promotes the importance of childhood vaccination in maintaining good health
"Regularly Vaccinated = Healthy"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a carrot and medicine bottle on black. It promotes having a healthy diet, rather than relying on medicines to fix preventable illnesses.
"More Vitamins Less Medicines"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a building with an open window and a large yellow sun above. It promotes ventilation and exposure to natural sunlight as part of everyday health habits.
(likely promotes ventilation and exposure to natural sunlight)
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a mug, and a hand under running water from a tap. It promotes handwashing before eating.
"Always Before a Meal"
Vintage 1966 Czech matchbox label by Solo Smrečina B. Bystrica featuring a smiling figure with a large red backpack and walking stick, hiking through woodland. It promotes the benefits of getting outdoors and staying active to support both physical and mental wellbeing.
"For Health"
Translations are approximate and may reflect interpretive nuance where the original Czech wording does not map directly to English.

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