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ASH Renewal 2024

June 26, 2024

ASH is building a world where your family is better protected from cigarettes, an addictive and lethal product. But we need your help to counter the power and influence of…

World Environment Day: Banning Cigarette Filters to Save Lives and the Planet

June 4, 2024

…for the eight million customers who die each year from using their products. Filters appeared in the 1950s as people began to realize the deadliness of smoking cigarettes. “Don’t worry,…

Guest Blog: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Advocacy is a Tobacco Prevention Issue

May 31, 2024

Yellowing teeth. Wrinkling skin. A dry as hell cough. We’ve all seen the ads showing the dangers of smoking cigarettes. In middle school, our teachers would pass out red ribbons…

Guest Blog: Caught in a Cloud of Smoke – EMRO’s Silent Struggle Against Tobacco Industry Meddling

May 6, 2024

…of girls in the region smoke, with hookah being more popular than cigarettes.[i] A significant contributing factor to this epidemic is the long-standing affordability of tobacco products within EMRO, with…

Synopsis of INC-4 of the UN Negotiations for a Treaty to End Plastic Pollution: What about Cigarette Filters?

May 3, 2024

…discussions. They are also nonessential plastics and, like filters, are problematic environmentally. But e-cigarettes bring an additional blight – the batteries. Tobacco product waste is nearly impossible to gather and…

1st National Tobacco Endgame Summit

May 2, 2024

April 18- 19, 2024, ASH hosted the first National Tobacco Endgame Summit in Washington, DC. It was the culmination of over a year of planning and comes at an opportune…

Tobacco Industry Expands Lobbying Efforts in the U.S. in 2024

May 2, 2024

…kill when used exactly as intended. There is no safe use of cigarettes; they kill up to half of all users and sicken millions more every year. “The ASH Lobbyist…

UN Plastics Treaty Negotiations Move Forward with Strong Support for Banning Cigarette Filters

April 30, 2024

…Over 98% of cigarettes include filters. Filter-less cigarettes would greatly reduce youth uptake, encourage adults to quit, and remove the leading source of plastic pollution. ACTION ON SMOKING AND…

Biden Administration Bows to Tobacco Industry with New Delay on Menthol Cigarette Ban

April 26, 2024

…which causes the toxic chemicals and smoke in cigarettes to be inhaled deeper, in turn making menthol cigarettes more difficult to quit. The FDA has held authority over tobacco product…

Health Groups File Second Lawsuit Against the US FDA

April 2, 2024

…Americans have died from menthol cigarettes. The initial complaint sought to compel the FDA to act on its earlier conclusions that removing menthol cigarettes from the marketplace would benefit public…

Taking Action for International Day of Zero Waste

March 28, 2024

…are the number one source of trash, and the number one source of plastic trash. The cigarettes they were attached to are the number one cause of avoidable death, taking…

FCTC COP10: Article 18 (Environment) Decision

February 21, 2024

…by waste from tobacco products and related electronic devices, including filters of cigarettes as well as batteries, plastic cartridges and metals;” Reminds us that “that WHO has recommended an immediate…

Strengthening Social Justice Worldwide

February 16, 2024

…menthol cigarettes, utilizing human rights language in our complaint. In response, the FDA agreed to propagate a rule banning menthol as a flavor. We are still waiting for the rule…

ASH Renewal 2024

February 13, 2024

ASH is building a world where your family is better protected from cigarettes, an addictive and lethal product. But we need your help to counter the power and influence of…

ASH’s Accomplishments in 2023

December 22, 2023

…208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies Joint Statement: The FDA Continues to Delay Protecting Americans from Mentholated Cigarettes Statement from Laurent Huber,…

End of 2023 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

December 22, 2023

…adults surveyed said they smoked cigarettes, cigarette consumption was raising rapidly, and smoking was permitted in virtually every public space. Today, thanks to the efforts of ASH and our partners…

Joint Op-Ed: 139 Organizations Call on New Zealand to Prioritize Human Life Over Tobacco Industry Profit

December 17, 2023

…OMIS (Organización Multidisciplinaria para la Integración Social) Ora New Zealand Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes PASYKAF – The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends People’s Health Foundation, Myanmar Philippine College…

Statement: The White House Must Support Health Equity by Approving the FDA’s Proposed Rule on Menthol

December 7, 2023

…While tobacco companies and their lobbyists attempt to reframe the narrative on menthol cigarettes, it’s essential to remember the truth: menthol cigarettes are not inherently a part of the Black…

Guest Blog: Commercial Tobacco in the Native American Context

November 30, 2023

…2021. The prohibition includes casinos, other businesses, and public Navajo buildings and lands—covers conventional cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, and similar products. It excludes tobacco used for ceremonial purposes and use of…

ASH YEAR END MATCHING GIFT CAMPAIGN 2023

November 29, 2023

ASH is building a world where your family is better protected from cigarettes, an addictive and lethal product. But we need your help to counter the power and influence of…

New Zealand Plans to Gut Public Health Policies on Tobacco Sales

November 29, 2023

…tobacco retailers, and the reduction of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels. It led several countries to reevaluate their tobacco strategies and move to adopt similar measures. Finance Minister Nicola…

Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of ASH, Supporting British Prime Minister’s Smoke-Free Generation Proposal

October 4, 2023

…January 1, 2009. New Zealand’s law also includes a drastic reduction in the number of tobacco retailers and a decrease of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels. Tobacco is the…