…Medical Association President, Yolanda Lawson, MD. “Our patients suffer disproportionately from menthol flavored tobacco-related disease, disability and death.” “ASH calls on the FDA to move expediently with the announcement of…
As a surgeon for 21 years, I’ve seen the extensive, heartbreaking toll tobacco products take on the human body. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in…
Every 10 seconds, someone dies of a tobacco-related disease. This fact is especially painful because the tobacco epidemic is one of the leading preventable causes of death and disability among…
…5, 2019, the BC Human Rights Tribunal ruled that this violated the BC Human Rights Code for discrimination on the basis of disability. The tribunal ordered that the strata cease…
…disability compared to adults without a disability. This can and should be addressed in a human rights based approach to tobacco control. Read the Treaty Template Reports Concluding Observations A…
…Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD). 17. We encourage legal support organizations to work with individuals and organizations affected…
…of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Treaty Bodies Sessions Calendar Resolutions/ Decisions Human Rights Council Resolution on the Right to Health in the…
…total economic cost of smoking after including productivity losses from death and disability amounts to more than US$ 1.4 trillion per year- equivalent in magnitude to 1.8% of the world’s…
…(CRC) International Covenant on Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) Treaty Bodies Sessions Calendar…
…Since then, smoking among adults has been reduced by half — yet tobacco use remains the leading preventable cause of disease, disability, and death in the United States. Images of…
Legislation Includes Provisions to Fight Chronic Disease, Encourage Healthier Communities, Schools and Workplaces, and Improve Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities Legislation introduced today by Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA), Chairman of…
…party to the pact. But even if it is impossible to get the treaty through the Senate, where conservatives this month blocked even a disability-rights treaty signed by George W….
…living longer, the report suggests that populations are not necessarily enjoying more years of health. Disability is taking a greater toll on our lives than they were two decades ago…
…2011, more than 25 percent of those with disabilities smoked, compared with about 17 percent of people without disabilities. The report was published in the Nov. 9 issue of the…
