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Guide to the Lester Breslow Tobacco Control Papers, 1989-1994
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  • Descriptive Summary

    Title: Lester Breslow Tobacco Control Papers,
    Date (inclusive): 1989-1994
    Creator: Breslow, Lester
    Extent: 1.3 cubic feet
    Repository: University of California, San Francisco. Library. Archives and Special Collections
    San Francisco, California 94143-0840
    Shelf location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
    Language: English.

    Administrative Information

    Access

    Collection is open for research.

    Preferred Citation

    [Identification of item], Lester Breslow Tobacco Control papers, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM

    Biography

    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.

    Scope and Content

    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.
    The collection is organized alphabetically by subject and then chronologically.