…permission for a healthy environment, free from trillions of cigarette butts and other harmful plastics. We need to demand that right, and governments have a duty, both ethical and legal,…
…secures the right of Massachusetts towns to protect their residents’ health by phasing out the sale of tobacco.” Ms. Silbaugh is also a professor of law at Boston University. Brookline’s…
Social justice is both a public health and a human rights issue, and our work at ASH is designed to improve social justice around the world. The United Nations General…
…public health. “ASH is honored to have worked on the FCTC since its founding and to be present again for a historic COP where cross-cutting issues including human rights and…
…for a human rights decision at COP8 that was postponed. We’ve garnered vast support protecting the right to health since 2018 and are elated to report that the COP10 Human…
…it as written. Human rights are the basis for tobacco control and certain rights like the right to health can only be fully realized without addictive, health-harming tobacco products. In…
…it right. At COP, groups of delegations do an elaborate dance, trying to swing things in their direction without revealing what they actually want. Their true mission is determined behind…
…the tobacco industry. Human rights law requires that governments protect the right to health of its citizens. We utilize human rights mechanisms, such as the United Nations Human Rights Council,…
…rights, such as the right to health, that have been recognized at the highest level through international, regional, and national legal instruments. As such, we focus on 4 key areas…
…key goal was to promote and protect fundamental rights. These rights, like the right to health and the right to a healthy environment, have been codified at the highest level…
…Health Service Executive – “Tobacco Free Ireland” Programme HealthBridge Foundation of Canada in Vietnam HealthJustice Philippines HEART Coalition Heart Foundation of Jamaica Hellenic Thoracic Society ImagineLaw, Inc. Indonesia Health Policy…
…to right to health. There were a handful of positive statements from several Intergovernmental Organizations (IGOs) and Nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) continuing to call for a human rights-based approach to develop…
…to make recommendations for France to protect the right to health of women and girls PARIS, FRANCE – OCTOBER 16, 2023 – Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), Comité National…
…written and monitored and where consensus is achieved on how to tackle the tobacco industry and how to advance health. Government representatives, health officials, civil society, and academia from all…
By Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, ASH and Dr. Raglan Maddox, ANU College of Health and Medicine While commercial tobacco use negatively impacts the right to health of all people, there are many…
…human rights, such as their right to health. The joint submission includes key recommendations for the UN Committee to consider to: 1. Strengthen the implementation of the WHO Framework Convention…
…largely banned. If only we could ban cigarettes, right? Before the invention of the cigarette, lung cancer was so rare that when a doctor discovered a case, they would make…
…rights leadership advisor to President Obama and sent millions of dollars to a black medical college, Meharry Medical College. The hirings and donations are attempts to buy legitimacy for the…
…rights, but most notably, the right to health. The U.S. has ratified CERD, so CERD is U.S. law. The U.S. Federal Government shares the responsibility with state and local governments…
Eleven years old is way too young to walk into a store and be able to buy a pack of cigarettes. That’s how old I was when I experimented with…
…the worse we realize the problem is. The lifecycle of plastic impedes every single one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals and threatens ALL human rights, not just the right…
…Tobacco Pollution Alliance Member (right) met with the Delegate from Ghana (center) May 30, 2023 – Writing after 9:00 pm Paris time, Day 2 is not over, and the most…
…representative in the building at a time. ASH put together a strong team of five seasoned negotiators, including the world’s premier expert on cigarette filters and environmental health. Now we…
…in the world. Countries have a legal obligation to protect their citizens’ right to health, right to life, and right to a healthy environment. Tobacco infringes on each of those…
Today, May 21, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) by the World Health Assembly. The FCTC is the…
