STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records MSS.2001.32
David Krah
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
530 Parnassus Ave
Room 524
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840
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libraryarchives@ucsf.edu
Language of Material:
English
Contributing Institution:
University of California, San Francisco Archives & Special Collections
Title: STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records
Identifier/Call Number: MSS.2001.32
Physical Description:
1.42 Linear Feet
(1 carton)
Date (inclusive): 1999-2001
Content Description
Photocopied version of "Sixty Years of Deception: An Historical Analysis and Compilation of Cigarette Ads 1925-1985". STAT
web site collected by project archivist - printout and digital copy.
.
Organizational History
STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) was founded by Joe Tye in 1985. STAT sought to partner with youth, giving them complete
information about tobacco marketing activities, health information, and a forum for participating in the fight against smoking.
STAT disseminated newsletters and factsheets, and organized conferences with other anti-smoking activist goups. They eschewed
federal funding because they wanted the freedom to criticize federal and state government shortcomings in regulating tobacco.
Ultimately, STAT dissolved because "they're successes helped create the underlying factors that led to the organization's
demise". As noted by former board member Bill Godshall, other campaigns took up STAT's message of eliminating marketing to
children, rendering STAT "less unique" and much more difficult to fund. STAT's last executive director Judy Sopenski resigned
in 2000.
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the
Library & Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission
of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.
Provenance
Donated by Joseph Difranza in 2002.
Related Materials
An archived version of STAT's web page is also available on the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine.
https://web.archive.org/web/*/www.stat.org
Preferred Citation
[Identificaton of item], MSS 2001-32 STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF
Library & CKM.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
youth -- tobacco use -- Prevention
anti-smoking advocacy
Smoking -- Prevention and control
Sixty Years of Deception: An Historical Analysis & Compilation of Cigarette Ads 1925-1985
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