Tobacco Free Project, San Francisco Department of Public Health Records, 1989-2001

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Summary

Creators:
San Francisco (Calif.). Depart. of Public Health
Abstract:
This collection documents the activities of the Tobacco Free Project of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFTFP). The bulk of the material in this collection is made up of contracts, reports, and other materials generated by the SFTFP and its contracting agencies.
Extent:
15.5 linear ft. 14 boxes 89 digital objects
Language:
English.

Background

Scope and content:

This collection documents the activities of the Tobacco Free Project of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFTFP). The bulk of the materials in this collection is made up of contracts, reports, and other materials generated by the SFTFP and its contracting agencies. These records document the details of the grant process and the specifics of the different projects. Projects funded include smoking cessation programs, media and public relations campaigns, school and early childhood tobacco education programs, Operation Storefront, and a San Francisco Mime Troupe production. [See video of this production in Tobacco Control Archives Videos, MSS 2000-28.] Target populations of the projects were teenagers, African Americans, Asians, Hispanics, the gay and lesbian community, and specific neighborhoods.

Records include correspondence, work plans, evaluations, program and advertising materials, formal reports, maps, conference materials, CDs, slides, photographs, audiotapes, computer diskettes, posters, original art, and handwritten notes. Most videotapes were removed to the videotape collection, MSS 2000-28.

The collection is divided into 9 series: Administration, General Contracts/Projects, Operation Storefront Project, Legislation and Litigation, Other Programs, Subject Files, Audiotapes, Realia, and Oversize Materials and Posters.

Biographical / historical:

The Tobacco Free Project of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFTFP) is one of the local lead agencies (LLAs) designated by the California State legislature through the California Department of Health, Tobacco Control Section, to create tobacco education programs and receive Proposition 99 educational moneys. Proposition 99 was a California statewide referendum passed in 1988 that raised the excise tax on tobacco sales, adding an additional 25-cent tax on each package of cigarettes and a proportional tax increase on other tobacco products. This tax raised California's tobacco tax to be among the highest in the United States, and designated that a portion of the tax moneys would go for anti-tobacco health education projects. As an LLA, SFTFP coordinates local tobacco education activities. It serves as an oversight and regranting agency, contracting with numerous local institutions and organizations to create tobacco education and intervention programs that will reach different sectors of San Francisco's diverse population.

Acquisition information:
The Tobacco Free Project, San Francisco Department of Public Health Records were given to the Tobacco Control Archives by Alyonik Hrushow, Director of the Tobacco Free Project, in 1994, 1998, and 2001.
Physical location:
Archives
Rules or conventions:
Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard

Access and use

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