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A Letter from the Chair

January 19, 2026

…led me to a broader realization: tobacco use is not only a public health issue, but also a human rights issue. In 2008, the Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network…

Guest Blog: Regional Steps Towards Progress: Insights from the 62nd Directing Council of PAHO/WHO

October 7, 2025

…People’s right to health serves as one of the human rights frameworks that ASH promotes through its work on tobacco control. Beatriz Champagne, CLAS; Angeline Morgado, ASH; Diego Rodríguez, OMIS…

Empower Women, End Tobacco Exploitation in Ireland

June 23, 2025

…#CEDAW91 is reviewing how #Ireland protects #womensrights. Tobacco companies violate women’s human right to life, right to health and right to be free from discrimination by running targeted media campaigns…

Joint Submission | 39 Organizations Call on UN Human Rights Council

June 18, 2025

…promote the “right of everyone to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health” as well as the “right to a healthy environment.” Read the complete…

Success: CEDAW Calls to Protect Women’s Rights by Strengthening Tobacco Policies

April 22, 2025

…citizens’ human rights. Smoking negatively impacts several human rights that are legally protected in binding UN human rights treaties, such as the right to life, right to health, right to…

The Basic Right to Breathe at Home Air Free of Neighbors’ Tobacco Smoke: How Can You Implement It?

March 26, 2025

…The federal court in Washington DC has already criticized this position in 2006 and presented it as misleading. No one has the right to make use of any apartment in…

20 Years of FCTC | Laurent Huber’s Reflection

February 20, 2025

…500 public health, human rights, consumer rights, women’s and children’s rights organizations and environmental activists from over 100 countries, rallying to support the development of the strongest, evidence-based, and most…

US FDA Proposes Life-Saving Rule to Lower Nicotine in Cigarettes

December 13, 2024

…insecticide (sounds like something we want inside us, right?). Over the decades, the tobacco industry has spent huge sums figuring out how to chemically make cigarettes more addictive. That’s why…

A Human Rights-Based Approach to Tobacco

December 9, 2024

…rights arguments into your work tobacco policy work. The Human Rights Day declaration defines the indivisible and interdependent rights which everyone is entitled to as a human being. Tobacco, and…

The Birthplace of Human Rights – Switzerland – Allows Corporate Malfeasance

October 7, 2024

…the universal protection of human rights. This new report exposes how Switzerland is failing to adequately protect human rights. Read the Report: Human Rights Violations by Tobacco Multinationals in Switzerland…

Empower Women, End Tobacco Exploitation

October 6, 2024

…to CEDAW on how tobacco companies violate women’s human rights in Canada, Chile, Japan, and New Zealand. Tobacco companies violate women’s human right to life, right to health and right…

Guest Blog: Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ+) Advocacy is a Tobacco Prevention Issue

May 31, 2024

…that has smoked a cigarette, had one too many shots of alcohol, or used some other form of substance to cope with the stresses of daily life. With the Federal…

Biden Administration Bows to Tobacco Industry with New Delay on Menthol Cigarette Ban

April 26, 2024

…Christopher Leung of Leung Law PLLC in their second lawsuit against the FDA, express deep concern with the additional delay of the life-saving rule to ban menthol in cigarettes. Read…

ASH’s Accomplishments in 2023

December 22, 2023

…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…

End of 2023 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

December 22, 2023

…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…

Joint Op-Ed: 139 Organizations Call on New Zealand to Prioritize Human Life Over Tobacco Industry Profit

December 17, 2023

…Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, which includes the obligation to promote health…

Tobacco Products Violate the Human Rights of Women and Girls in France

October 24, 2023

…deployed by the tobacco industry against them. It is particularly important for France to respect its international commitments. This means protecting women’s fundamental rights, in particular their right to life…

Guest Blog: From Smoking as a Minor to Supporting my Community in their Quit Journeys

June 16, 2023

…since I last smoked and now I have dedicated my life to helping others quit….when they are ready. I feel it’s important to share with others the methods and comments…

Tobacco Harms Health and the Environment: Urgent Action Needed at the UN

May 24, 2023

…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…

End of 2022 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

December 21, 2022

…human rights in all major UN Human Rights treaties. This year, the United Nations General Assembly formally recognized the right to a healthy environment, a right that is unfortunately highly…

Make a Donation Today

December 12, 2022

…your right to breathe clean air and live a smoke-free life. Now, we’re taking it a step further with your support. Please join our movement by making a donation today….

Day 3: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

December 1, 2022

…right to profit. Perhaps we should be thinking of human rights as the basic framework for discussion. As a human rights and public health lawyer, this is the only way…

UN Committee calls on Germany: Protect children from second-hand smoke, tobacco advertising and child labour

October 13, 2022

…Rights of the Child (UN CRC) issued bold and concise recommendations for the German government to protect children from the tobacco industry violating their rights. The UN CRC recommends that…

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