President Obama is moving to cement a significant legacy in the fight against smoking.
Despite Obama’s own struggles with cigarettes, many public health advocates see him as a champion on the issue, and a se...
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Call the White House comment line at 202-456-1111 on Tuesday, October 27th and ask President Obama to stand up for our kids and public health by giving the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) th...
Big Tobacco is pushing back against a strict anti-smoking provision in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and has enlisted the support of the most powerful Republican in the Senate to help quash i...
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning U.S. officials negotiating a massive trans-Pacific trade agreement for President Obama not to target tobacco growers in a final deal.
McConnell said ...
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Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Calls on President Obama to...
WASHINGTON — An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment “expectations” and hur...
President Barack Obama’s latest budget is his most populist ever, seeking big tax hikes to pay for ambitious new spending on education and infrastructure in a dare to Republicans to find common ground.
Here ...
Remarks by the President at Meeting of the Export Council
December 11, 2014
The big bugaboo that’s lifted up there is tobacco companies suing poorer countries to make sure that anti-smoking legislation is b...
Those requirements have appeared in previous fast-track bills. They sound perfectly reasonable, right?
Well, consider this: Australia is a party to the TPP and already has a free trade agreement with the Unite...
Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is pressing the Obama administration to protect his state’s tobacco industry in a trade deal.
McConnell is pressuring U.S. negotiators to ensure that tobacco companies...
The Chamber of Commerce is undercutting its trade agenda by supporting Big Tobacco.
Since early in 2011, much of our attention here at ASH has been focused on the nexus between trade and tobacco, in particu...
Malaysia’s government is battling against a smoking epidemic that threatens its young people — and it fears Barack Obama’s big Pacific trade deal will make the health crisis even worse.
Read the full Politi...
This Wednesday, the morning after President Obama’s State of the Union Address, White House officials will spend the day answering questions from the public via social media. You can learn more about the event...
33rd Congressional District of California
Rep. Henry A. Waxman
For Immediate Release: October 30, 2013
Karen Lightfoot (Waxman): (202) 225-5735
Doug Molof (Doggett): (202) 225-4865
Chris Meagher (Cap...
President Barack Obama‘s absence from a meeting of leaders from Asia Pacific dealt a symbolic blow to efforts to forge a regional trade pact.
But Mr. Obama’s no-show, due to the drama of debt-ceiling talk...
Washington, DC 26 August - Tobacco control advocates from over 20 different countries lauded Malaysia for its announcement to exclude tobacco from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is a fre...
BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Brunei – The Malaysian government is poised to table a proposal here that would completely carve out tobacco control measures from having to comply with any obligations in a Trans-Pacific P...
On the threat from trade agreements to tobacco regulations, few have been able to come as close to the heart of the matter as Mayor Bloomberg. His opinion piece in today’s New York Times in reaction to Preside...
WASHINGTON, DC 19 August – The Obama Administration has backed down from a proposal revealed 15 months ago to protect health from Big Tobacco under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the pending free trade ag...
California is seen as a shining example of how tobacco taxes can be used to both dissuade smoking and also improve children’s health and readiness for school. Now President Obama is following California’s lead....