The Tobacco Free Project, 1993-1994

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Summary

Title:
The Tobacco Free Project,
Dates:
1993-1994
Creators:
San Francisco Department of Public Health
Language:
English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], The Tobacco Free Project, MSS 94-48, Archives & Special Collections, UCSF Library & CKM

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents the public information efforts of the Tobacco Free Project and the Girls Against Tobacco Campaign. It contains pamphlets published and/or distributed by the TFP, general information about the activities and goals of the TFP, a general description of the GAT, anti-smoking bus placards and street signs and a vhs video recording of "Revenger Rat Meets the Merchant of Death," a production of the San Francisco Mime Troupe. Pamphlets published by the TFP include "A Guide to Smokefree Dining in San Francisco."

Biographical / historical:

The Tobacco Free Project (TFP)is funded by revenues generated by Proposition 99. It was founded in 1991 and is run by the San Francisco Department of Public Health. The TFP provides tobacco prevention and cessation services and actively promotes a tobacco free environment. The primary target populations of the TFP are parents of young children, out-of-school youth, lesbians and gay men, African Americans, Hispanics/Latinos, Chinese and Southeast Asians. The Girls Against Tobacco Campaign (GAT) is a TFP project which was implemented in 1994 by the National Latina Health Organizationat the Horace Mann Middle School in the Mission District. The girls at the school organized a successful campaign to remove two tobacco billboards which were located within 500 feet of the school.

Physical location:
For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Physical description:
volume: one manuscript box containing two folders and a videocassete, two oversize folders containing two bus placards and two street signs.

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:
Processed by Special Collections staff; machine-readable finding aid created by Brooke Dykman Dockter
Date Prepared:
© 1997
Date Encoded:
Machine-readable finding aid derived from MS Word. Date of source: Unknown.

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], The Tobacco Free Project, MSS 94-48, 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