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Recent Posts

2025 Global Tobacco Endgame Summit Recap
June 25, 2025 – Just before the World Conference on Tobacco Control began in Dublin, Ireland, ASH hosted the 2025 Global Tobacco Endgame Summit. With approximately 150 attendees, including representatives
Empower Women, End Tobacco Exploitation in Ireland
The tobacco industry is relentlessly targeting women in Ireland, using advertisements that portray smoking as glamorous and sexy. But the truth is far darker: tobacco kills millions, and these aggressive

Joint Submission | 39 Organizations Call on UN Human Rights Council
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) and 38 signatory organizations wish the 59th session of the Human Rights Council every success and sincerely hope that the council will continue to