December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...
What will the next four years hold for the anti-tobacco movement in the U.S.? We can't say for sure, and if the recent track record of pollsters tells us anything, it is that concrete political predictions are ...
Cancer Council fully supports proposals to ban smoking in the presence of children, and has asked whether it’s time to actively consider a generational phase-out of cigarettes.
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The measure, if adopted by the full Parliament, will take effect in May 2016. The ban on smoking in cars in the presence of a minor was also adopted.
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Drivers in England will be banned from smoking in their cars if they are carrying children as passengers.
The move, which will become law on 1 October, follows a similar ban in Wales and aims to protect young ...
Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming
The Human Rights Watch's 138-page report documents conditions for children working on tobacco farms in four states where 90 % of US tobacco is grown: ...
Most effective measure is the most under-utilized
WASHINGTON, DC. 10 July – A report released today by the World Health Organization concludes that tax and price measures are the “least-achieved” of a global m...
ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
ASH was pleased to help promote the White House Petition campaign of 24 year old Michigan State graduate Greg Holland. His petition sought the protection of childre...
ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
ASH Deputy Director for Policy Chris Bostic was featured in the HBO Vice program Tobaccoland which aired on May 17th, 2013. The program explores the overwhelming pre...