Abstract

The materials in the Reports on State Tobacco Policymaking records were compiled and produced by fellows and researchers working with Stanton A. Glantz in the the UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education. The records document the research, analysis and conclusions drawn by Glantz and his team of authors in producing the series of reports on the history of tobacco control policymaking at the state level.

Content Description Mrs. Shimp's records include both her personal papers as a tobacco-control activist and the records of her and her husband Benjamin's consulting group Environmental Improvement Associates (EIA). Mrs. Shimp was the first employee to achieve a smoke-free workplace through litigation when she won a lawsuit against her employer New Jersy Bell in 1976, and subsequently embarked upon a career in anti-smoking activism, while continuing to work for New Jersey Bell. The records contain biographical...