San Francisco Tobacco Free Project

Successful Actions by Community Capacity Building Projects

South of Market Council Successfully advocated for the Park and Recreation Commission to adopt a policy to prohibit smoking in outdoor playground areas.

Chinese Progressive Association Successfully advocated for the Board of Education to prohibit the wearing and carrying of tobacco promotional paraphernalia and advocated for a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

San Francisco African American Tobacco Free Project Advocated for a policy that requires PC308 training as part of police training and successfully implemented "Fabulous Forty" campaign where 40 places of worship adopted policy not to accept tobacco industry funds.

Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club Advocated to strengthen or add outdoor smokefree policies at Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCAs.

Booker T. Washington Community Service Center Advocated for a policy requiring warning labels on single cigars and successfully advocated for the adoption of smokefree housing policies at Hayes Valley North and South Housing Complex Tenant Association.

Latino Issues Forum
Advocated for City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University to divest tobacco stock and adopt a policy to permanently prohibit tobacco investments and advocated for both campuses to stop the selling tobacco products. Read all about it: Latino Issues Forum: Tobacco Divestment and Smokefree Campus Policies

Literacy for Environmental Justice Successfully advocated to limit tobacco subsidiary products at community cultural events and established and implemented Good Neighbor program to increase access to fresh foods and counter pro tobacco influences at markets in BVHP. Working to sustain program through a City department. Read all about it: Youth Envision’s Good Neighbor Program in Bayview Hunters Point: A Case Study

Mission Housing Development Corporation Successfully advocated for the Board of Education to prohibit the sale of tobacco subsidiary food products on school campuses and for the Maria Alicia Housing Complex to adopt smoke free housing policy designating units as smoke free. Read all about it: Smoke-Free Living Environment Community Agreement in San Francisco Public Housing: A Case Study

Mission Agenda and Homeless Prenatal Program Advocated for a policy requiring any hotel receiving City money to meet minimum requirements for decent living conditions including fire safety issues.

Booker T. Washington Community Service Center and SF African American Tobacco Free Project Filed complaint with US Customs Unit re: ban of import of bidis made with child labor. As a result, the US Customs Unit has placed a detention order on the import on Mangalore Ganesh bidis.

Infusion One Documented illegal tobacco sales to minors on Internet and called for legislation at press conference.

Girls After School Academy Successfully advocated for Sunnydale Housing complex to adopt smoke free housing policy designating units as smoke free. Read all about it: Phased-In Smoke-Free Policy in the Sunnydale Housing Project: A Case Study. Also successfully advocated for adoption of policies not to accept tobacco sponsorship funds by 2 African American events. Read about it: GASA: Tobacco Free Sponsorship Campaign.

American Lung Association of SF/SM counties Successfully advocated for smoke free housing policies at three multi-unit housing complexes. Read all about it: Smokefree Policies in Multi-Unit Housing Complexes: A Case Study

PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights) and Chinese Progressive Association Successfully advocated for the policy making body of the Department of Public Health, the Health Commission, to adopt a resolution incorporating community and geographic indicators into evaluation criteria for tobacco control funding to ensure that monies go to those communities most vulnerable to tobacco related health disparities.

POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights) Researched graphic warning labels in countries outside the U.S. and advocated for amended U.S, policies that would require graphic warning labels on tobacco packages.

Project RIDE Successfully advocated for adoption of policies not to accept tobacco sponsorship funds by Asian American events. Read all about it: Project RIDE: Tobacco Free Sponsorship Campaign.

Queers Mobilized Against Tobacco Successfully advocated for adoption of policies not to accept tobacco sponsorship funds by Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender events. Read all about it: QMATS: Tobacco Free Sponsorship Campaign.

Thad Brown Boys Academy Successfully collaborated with a member of the SF Board of Supervisors and the SF Tobacco Free Coalition for smoke free transit stops in San Francisco.

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For more information contact the San Francisco Tobacco Free Project,
30 Van Ness Avenue, #2300, SF, CA, 94102.
Telephone: 415-582-2448 Fax: 415-581-2492
Email: Mele Lau
Email: Susana Hennessey Lavery

South of Market Council	Successfully advocated for the Park and Recreation Commission to adopt a policy to prohibit smoking in outdoor playground areas.
Chinese Progressive Association	Successfully advocated for the Board of Education to prohibit the wearing and carrying of tobacco promotional paraphernalia and advocated for a strong Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
San Francisco African American Tobacco Free Project	Advocated for a policy that requires PC308 training as part of police training and successfully implemented "Fabulous Forty" campaign where 40 places of worship adopted policy not to accept tobacco industry funds.
Columbia Park Boys and Girls Club	Advocated to strengthen or add outdoor smokefree policies at Boys and Girls Clubs and YMCAs.
Booker T. Washington Community Service Center	Advocated for a policy requiring warning labels on single cigars and successfully advocated for the adoption of smokefree housing policies at Hayes Valley North and South Housing Complex Tenant Association.
Latino Issues Forum	Advocated for City College of San Francisco and San Francisco State University to divest tobacco stock and adopt a policy to permanently prohibit tobacco investments and advocated for both campuses to stop the selling tobacco products. Read all about it: Latino Issues Forum: Tobacco Divestment and Smokefree Campus Policies
Literacy for Environmental Justice	Successfully advocated to limit tobacco subsidiary products at community cultural events and established and implemented Good Neighbor program to increase access to fresh foods and counter pro tobacco influences at markets in BVHP. Working to sustain program through a City department. Read all about it: Youth Envision’s Good Neighbor Program in Bayview Hunters Point: A Case Study
Mission Housing Development Corporation	Successfully advocated for the Board of Education to prohibit the sale of tobacco subsidiary food products on school campuses and for the Maria Alicia Housing Complex to adopt smoke free housing policy designating units as smoke free. Read all about it: Smoke-Free Living Environment Community Agreement in San Francisco Public Housing: A Case Study
Mission Agenda and Homeless Prenatal Program	Advocated for a policy requiring any hotel receiving City money to meet minimum requirements for decent living conditions including fire safety issues.
Booker T. Washington Community Service Center and SF African American Tobacco Free Project	Filed complaint with US Customs Unit re: ban of import of bidis made with child labor. As a result, the US Customs Unit has placed a detention order on the import on Mangalore Ganesh bidis.
Infusion One	Documented illegal tobacco sales to minors on Internet and called for legislation at press conference.
Girls After School Academy	Successfully advocated for Sunnydale Housing complex to adopt smoke free housing policy designating units as smoke free. Read all about it: Phased-In Smoke-Free Policy in the Sunnydale Housing Project: A Case Study. Also successfully advocated for adoption of policies not to accept tobacco sponsorship funds by 2 African American events. Read about it: GASA: Tobacco Free Sponsorship Campaign.
American Lung Association of SF/SM counties	Successfully advocated for smoke free housing policies at three multi-unit housing complexes. Read all about it: Smokefree Policies in Multi-Unit Housing Complexes: A Case Study
PODER (People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights) and Chinese Progressive Association	Successfully advocated for the policy making body of the Department of Public Health, the Health Commission, to adopt a resolution incorporating community and geographic indicators into evaluation criteria for tobacco control funding to ensure that monies go to those communities most vulnerable to tobacco related health disparities.
POWER (People Organized to Win Employment Rights)	Researched graphic warning labels in countries outside the U.S. and advocated for amended U.S, policies that would require graphic warning labels on tobacco packages.
Project RIDE	Successfully advocated for adoption of policies not to accept tobacco sponsorship funds by Asian American events. Read all about it: Project RIDE: Tobacco Free Sponsorship Campaign.
Queers Mobilized Against Tobacco	Successfully advocated for adoption of policies not to accept tobacco sponsorship funds by Lesbian/Gay/Bisexual/Transgender events. Read all about it: QMATS: Tobacco Free Sponsorship Campaign.
Thad Brown Boys Academy	Successfully collaborated with a member of the SF Board of Supervisors and the SF Tobacco Free Coalition for smoke free transit stops in San Francisco.