STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records, 1999-2001

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Summary

Title:
STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records
Dates:
1999-2001
Extent:
1.42 Linear Feet (1 carton)
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

[Identificaton of item], MSS 2001-32 STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM.

Background

Scope and content:

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. .

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:
Donated by Joseph Difranza in 2002.
Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
David Krah
Date Encoded:
This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2015-09-23 19:39:15 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Terms of access:

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.

Preferred citation:

[Identificaton of item], MSS 2001-32 STAT (Stop Teenage Addiction to Tobacco) records, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM.

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US