This collection documents Lester Breslow's work on various committees concerned with Tobacco Control. Committees documented include the Committee for Expertise on Tobacco Use Control; the Drug, Alcohol and Tobacco Education (DATE) Advisory Committee; the Tobacco Education Advisory Committee (TEOC); and the Tobacco Education and Research Oversight Committee (TEROC). The collection also includes information regarding the Proposition 99 and Proposition 188 campaigns, independent evaluations of programs funded by Prop. 99, and information regarding the Healthy Kids Healthy California program, part of the TUPE program. Materials include correspondence, committee meeting agendas and minutes, campaign literature, and work plans for various programs.

Dr. Breslow is a professor emeritus at the University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health. He was active in the campaign for Proposition 99, and has served on many committees whose purpose is oversight of the use of funds generated by Proposition 99.

Collection is open for research.