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The American Heart Association (AHA) is a nonprofit organization in the United States that funds cardiovascular medical research. AHA formed in New York City in 1924 as the Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease. AHA educates the community on healthy living and promote appropriate cardiac care in an effort to reduce disability and deaths caused by cardiovascular disease and stroke.

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This collection documents the work of Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) in California.

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This collection is a continuation of the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records (MSS 94-29), and covers the period of 1980-1996. The materials in the collection document anti-smoking activities on a national and international scale, focusing primarily on legislation and litigation, although it also includes some program materials relating to California Proposition 99-funded educational projects.

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Organizational records of the Asian/Pacific Islander Tobacco Education Network (APITEN) document the work of central office staff in San Francisco and outreach to communities in promoting tobacco education, prevention, and cessation programs targeting Asians and Pacific Islanders in California through conferences, outreach, and technical assistance programs.

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Seth L. Haber, MD, FCAP, was the founding chief of pathology at the Kaiser Permanente Medical Center in Santa Clara, California, for 35 years, until his retirement in 1998. He was an elected member of the Permanente Medical Group Board of Directors for nine years, registrar, sommelier, and president of the South Bay Pathology Society.Materials include publications by Seth Haber, reports, conference material, and pamphlets.

Content Description This collection was the files of the Proposition 99 campaign director Jack Nicholl.The records document all aspects of the campaign effort of the Coalition for a Healthy California.Paper files include correspondence, financial reports of both the CHC and the opposition, meeting minutes, position papers, drafts of the proposition, advertisements, newspaper and magazine articles, legal documents regarding a lawsuit filed by the opposition against the coalition and the secretary of state,...

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This collection is comprised of material from San Francisco Department of Public Health's Tobacco Free Project.iculum and other educational and resource materials received by the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) organization.

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This is an artificial collection assembled from a number of different donations of ephemeral materials, acquired by the Library as a part of the Tobacco Control Archives. Materials include pamphlets, posters, cigarette ads, and reports.