…risk. Today, children are their preferred targets to capture consumers at an early age. Electronic cigarettes, nicotine pouches, aerosol devices that promise modernity but deliver disease. Deceptively invoking civil liberties,…
Across the United States, more and more communities are taking action to protect their residents from the deadly, manipulative tactics of the tobacco industry. What was once considered an ambitious…
…menthol cigarettes, using tactics such as direct mail promotions, culturally tailored language and imagery, and sponsorship of hip-hop events and bars where menthol cigarette samples are distributed. To protect our…
…Administration blocked the implementation of a proposed rule to ban menthol cigarettes, which was fully withdrawn from consideration by the Trump Administration. “We can’t ‘Make America Healthy Again’ without restoring…
…a long way, baby,” connecting smoking to independence and progress. The tobacco industry constantly adapted to the shifting narratives to continue pursuing profit. When e-cigarettes entered the market, the same…
…the day. Of course, some people were against the proposal. Some said it was impossible because people who smoke would either buy cigarettes illegally or cross the border and buy…
…particles during the act of smoking causes additional harm. They make cigarettes more deadly, not less. Cigarette filters are wholly unnecessary. Once cigarettes are smoked, the filters become cigarette butts,…
…as intended. There is no safe use of cigarettes; they kill roughly two-thirds of long-time users and sicken millions more every year. “Big Tobacco and their allies continue to infiltrate…
…health of the tobacco epidemic, including cigarettes, smokeless tobacco and other products, which causes eight million preventable deaths annually and costs the global economy up to two percent of GDP,…
…it: menthol flavoring makes cigarettes easier to start using and harder to quit How we fight back: ASH, the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, the American Medical Association, and…
…tobacco production, as well as electronic cigarettes, vaping devices, and related accessories. Their policy also bolding prohibits all forms of tobacco advertising, sponsorship, and promotional activities, a key element of…
…cigarettes with filters in October 2024. They will not be the last. Other counties and cities, U.S. states and foreign governments are strongly considering such a move. A United Nations…
…made of. The vast majority of people think that filters make cigarettes less dangerous. Who could blame them: It’s right there in the word “filter.” Of course, cigarette filters actually…
…provided income for women but also helped cancer patients. In India, at least 4.5 million workers are employed in rolling thin, handmade cigarettes called bidis (or beedis). Although the large…
…strength of its e-cigarettes sold under the brand name “Fume.” Read the complaint here> The complaint alleges that QR Joy misleads consumers with the use of “5%” nicotine labels that…
Cigarettes and E-Cigarettes Are Not Recyclable Today is International Day of Zero Waste which reminds us that while we should be aware of what we consume, we should be particularly…
International Day of Zero Waste reminds us that while we should be aware of what we consume, we should be particularly cognizant of what we waste, how we can minimize…
…co-opting public health’s harm reduction strategy by promoting e-cigarettes and nicotine pouches as supposedly less harmful solutions to the tobacco pandemic it created. Fully implementing all supply and demand reduction…
…addiction, disease and death laid out by the tobacco industry. On a global level the picture of the tobacco epidemic is even more grim. The consumption of cigarettes may be…
…rule to reduce nicotine in cigarettes to nonaddictive levels. Nearly half a million people in the U.S. die each year from cigarettes, by far the leading cause of preventable death,…
… Using the law to hold the tobacco industry accountable for the harm they cause ASH staff participated in and spoke at the Funeral for Menthol Cigarettes in Washington, DC…
…ban the sale of cigarettes. Unfortunately, when Congress gave FDA authority over tobacco in 2009, it made sure to forbid them from banning cigarettes, because they understood that if the…
…were removed from cigarettes, that would make the cigarettes more harmful. We also found that those who believed the myth that filters provide a health benefit were significantly less likely…
…EU rules on single-use plastics (SUPs) and the extended producer responsibility mechanism (EPR) as a possible solution regarding the pollution of cigarettes ends. The STPA reminds that while EPR schemes…
ASH launched the Tobacco Endgame Policy and Advocacy Training Course in collaboration with the Johns Hopkins University Institute for Global Tobacco Control in August 2023. This free virtual training course…
