READER'S DIGEST
The tobacco institute's most active opposition has its
headquarters
within four blocks of the institute's plush digs. If you want to get
involved
in anti-smoking efforts, contact ASH
NEW
YORK TIMES
At the forefront of this campaign [to protect nonsmoking
passengers]
is a nonprofit organization called Action on Smoking and Health
THE PASSIONATE NONSMOKERS' BILL OF
RIGHTS
If there's one group the tobacco industry fears more
than any
other,
it's ASH. Action on Smoking and Health, the foremost smoking and health
organization in the country
READER'S DIGEST
John F Banzhaf III, The Man Behind the Ban on Cigarette
Commercials
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
It is encouraging that [ASH] has been able to move with
such
effectiveness
against the powerful tobacco industry
TIME
MAGAZINE
The victory [forcing TV stations to air free antismoking
messages] prompted
Banzhaf to quit his New York law firm and devote his time to ASH
NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE
A potentially effective weapon in the public interest
may
exist in [ASH]
THE SUPERLAWYERS
Such individuals as Banzhaf have the potential to tilt
the
balance of
power in Washington law
BOSTON GLOBE
The industry was about to meet one of the most effective
antismoking
activists ever. Thus was born the first organization in the US
dedicated
solely to fighting tobacco companies
1989
SURGEON
GENERAL'S REPORT
[ASH] played a major role in establishing the legal
concept of
the right
of nonsmokers to be free from exposure to tobacco smoke. [ASH]
serves
as the legal action arm of the antismoking community
REGARDIE'S MAGAZINE
Banzhaf may be to Camels what Ralph Nader was to
Corvairs. He
was instrumental
in getting the nation's airlines to ban smoking on most domestic
flights.
He's the bane of the tobacco industry
WASHINGTON
STAR
Where There's Smoke There's Banzhaf & Co. . . The
man
whose single-handed
legal attacks put anti-cigarette commercials on television
THE
POLITICS
OF CANCER
The rights of the nonsmoker to breathe air unpolluted by
tobacco smoke
have been vigorously asserted recently by a number of public interest
groups
created especially for this purpose. . . . Prominent among these
is the Washington-based Action on Smoking and Health (ASH).
WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE
The nongovernmental organization leading the antismoking
campaign in
the United States.
This information is presented as a public service by:
Action on Smoking and Health
(ASH)
2013 H Street NW / Washington, DC
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A national nonprofit, scientific and educational organization founded
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Dedicated to Mr. and Mrs. Warren Wells