…Today, more women die from lung cancer than breast cancer.[1] Secondhand Smoke Globally, women are still the main victims of secondhand smoke, and more women than men are harmed or…
…Cultural Rights The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women The Convention on the Rights of the Child The Decision also recalls other international instruments, such…
…on Menthol 31 Blogs Governments are getting serious about cancer. They’re starting with tobacco. Tobacco Impedes Social Justice International Women’s Day 2023 | Tobacco’s Impact on Women 33 Countries Support…
…Youth and Women for Change in Eswatini Zambia Alliance for Tobacco Control Zambia Heart and Stroke Foundation Sign the Petition from HĀPAI TE HAUORA Individuals can share their support by…
…and include youth, women, and community groups in the deliberations. Many states reiterated their support for the business sector’s involvement in the plastics treaty, with calls for a multi stakeholder…
Tobacco Products Violate the Human Rights of Women and Girls in France 53 Organizations call on The UN Committee on the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW)…
…approximately 23%, followed by non-Hispanic white women at 17%. In the U.S., African American women have a smoking prevalence of around 14%, while Hispanic and Asian women have rates of…
…Department of Gender, Women and Health; 2010. Available from: http://www.who.int/gender/documents/10facts_gender_tobacco_en.pdf (accessed 2 November 2022). [2] https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Women-and-the-Tobacco-Industry-4.6.2021.pdf [3] https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Women-and-the-Tobacco-Industry-4.6.2021.pdf [4] https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/tobacco [5] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7796590/ [6] https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Women-and-the-Tobacco-Industry-4.6.2021.pdf [7] https://exposetobacco.org/wp-content/uploads/Women-and-the-Tobacco-Industry-4.6.2021.pdf [8] https://www.who.int/news/item/31-05-2022-who-raises-alarm-on-tobacco-industry-environmental-impact#:~:text=Roughly%204.5%20trillion%20cigarette%20filters,build%2Dup%20of%20plastic%20pollution. [9] https://www.ohchr.org/en/stories/2022/07/climate-change-exacerbates-violence-against-women-and-girls…
…Blog: Tobacco Impedes Social Justice Blog: Governments are getting serious about cancer. They’re starting with tobacco Blog: International Women’s Day 2023 | Tobacco’s Impact on Women Blog: Fighting for your…
…across social media. ASH released a new video for International Women’s Day, featuring global advocates united to protect women from the tobacco industry. Blogs ASH published a blog for World…
…are touched by the epidemic of plastics pollution – the rights to health, life, a healthy environment, and development; of children, of women, etc. Note that there is no human…
…Japan Society for Tobacco Control KADC Kyiv City Public Health Center Lentera Anak Malaysian Women’s Action for Tobacco Control and Health (MyWATCH) Menzies School of Health Research Mps Gabon NCD…
…Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention (ENSP), FACT e.V. – Women Against Tobacco, Friedensband, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), German Centre for Addiction Issues (DHS), German Children‘s Fund (Deutsches Kinderhilfswerk,…
…examples of many. The tobacco industry frequently preys on vulnerable populations around the world. Commercial tobacco is also a barrier to social justice for women, the LGBTQ+ community, Indigenous People,…
…on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) among other human rights treaty bodies. She is a subject matter expert on using human rights mechanisms to strengthen tobacco control polices…
…“You can’t do that, can you?” “Yes, you can.” Why tobacco sales bans are good municipal policy Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights Through Tobacco Control Women, tobacco and human…
…and human rights due diligence Women, tobacco, and human rights Women, tobacco and human rights in France Why menthol bans protect African Americans Mobilizing to overcome tobacco industry interference in…
…ASH Statement: Thanking the District of Columbia’s Mayor for Signing the Tobacco Product Flavor Ban Bill into Law ASH Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol Women, Tobacco,…
…Countries Unfairtobacco Factsheet Women have a right to a tobacco-free world Salud America!: Help Your City Adopt Smoke-Free Multifamily Housing! STOP Partners: The Dirt Behind Big Tobacco and the Environment…
…age 15-19 smoke. Big tobacco specifically targets women and girls with advertising that attempts to show smoking as glamorous and to portray smokers as independent, successful, and thin. Women often…
…Women’s Day ASH Statement for the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) ASH Statement: U.S. Rejoins the World Health Organization TID Editorial from ASH & Partners: Educating…
…companies who use International Women’s Day to pay lip service to their claims of supporting women. Tweets don’t guarantee real action. If tobacco companies truly supported women’s rights and especially…
…time to become serious about closing the global resource gap for FCTC implementation Human Rights Day 2020 Reflection British Medical Journal, Tobacco Control: Strengthening women’s rights while lowering tobacco Use…
…Soon-Young Yoon (Chair of the Board at the Women’s Environment and Development Organization and UN representative for the International Alliance of Women), and Dr. Daniel Thomas (Institut de Cardiologie France)….
…University School of Global Public Health). Combined slides are available here. Women, Tobacco, and Human Rights March 18, 2021 – Watch the recording of our Webinar on Women, Tobacco, and…
