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Recent Posts

Santa Cruz County’s Cigarette Filter Ban Lights a Global Fire
Media Contact: Megan Manning manningm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 Santa Cruz County’s Cigarette Filter Ban Lights a Global Fire SACRAMENTO, CA – MAY 20, 2025 – In honor of World No Tobacco

Protect Children, End Tobacco Exploitation in Indonesia
The tobacco industry is relentlessly targeting children in Indonesia, using widespread advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products through all types of media. Involvement of children in tobacco farming also

Banning Cigarette Filters: Plastic and Beyond
The plastic in cigarette butts is the catalyst for getting rid of all cigarette filters. Dutch NGO Fair Resource Foundation launched a global campaign on May 13, 2025 to ban