Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) was established in 1976 as the Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) when several local GASPs across California merged and incorporated. In 1981 California GASP became Californians for Nonsmokers' Rights (CNR). CNR went national in 1986 and became ANR.

ANR is a national group which advocates the rights of nonsmokers. ANR has been involved in political campaigns in California for Propositions 5 (1977-1978) and 10 (1979-1980) and 99 (1988-1989), and against Proposition 188 (1994). Nationally ANR has been involved in banning smoking on airline flights and in upholding the Environmental Protection Agency's risk assessment of secondhand smoke as a carcinogen.

From the description of Papers, 1974-1994, (bulk 1978-1986). (University of California, San Francisco). WorldCat record id: 37471765

Organizational History

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights (ANR) was established in 1976 as the Group Against Smoking Pollution (GASP) when several local GASP chapters across California merged and incorporated. In 1981 California GASP became Californians for Nonsmokers' Rights (CNR). CNR went national in 1986 and became ANR. ANR advocates the rights of nonsmokers. It has been involved in political campaigns in California for Propositions 5 (1977-1978), 10 (1979-1980), and 99 (1986), and against Proposition 188 (1994). ANR has put nonsmokers' rights on the national agenda, by working to ban smoking on airline flights, and upholding the Environmental Protection Agency's risk assessment of secondhand smoke as a carcinogen. ANR works with cities and counties to enact local ordinances to protect nonsmokers on the job, in restaurants and public places, and on public transportation. ANR has established a National Resource Center to provide information and technical assistance to government agencies, local advocates and the media. ANR's mission, history, and programs are described on their Web site at http://www.no-smoke.org/ .

From the guide to the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Records, Addendum (ANR-2), 1980-1996, (University of California, San Francisco. Library. Archives and Special Collections.)

Organizational History

Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights ("ANR"), formed in 1976, was originally Californians for Nonsmokers' Rights of Berkeley, California. The only national lobbying organization in the United States that advocates nonsmokers' rights, ANR focuses on secondhand-smoke issues, whether in the workplace, at school, or at home. As a nonprofit educational membership organization, ANR develops programs for school-age children, especially its "Teens as Teachers" (TAT) curriculum, in which teenage youth teach younger children. Their mission, history and programs are described on their Web site at "http://www.no-smoke.org/"

From the guide to the Americans for Nonsmokers' Rights Curriculum Materials, 1983-1999, (bulk 1994-1998), (University of California, San Francisco. Library. Archives and Special Collections.)