ASH’s Accomplishments in 2021

ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry – producing, marketing, and selling addictive products that kill when use as intended – violates human rights, such as the right to health, that have been recognized at the highest level through international, regional, and national legal instruments.
Combined, our programs will chip away at the tobacco industry from every angle to accelerate the end of the tobacco epidemic. Click here to read about our successes in each program in 2021.

• ASH Statement: The Scope and Reach of Tobacco Industry Lobbying
• U.S. Tobacco Lobbyist and Lobbying Firm Registration Tracker
• ASH Statement: U.S. Ranks Among the 15 Worst Performing Countries for Tobacco Industry Interference
• 2021 U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index
• Joint Statement: 150 Organizations Worldwide Demand that the Island of La Graciosa Break Its Agreement with Philip Morris. In Spanish here.
• Guest Blog: “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 rights in France
• Using communications to promote momentum toward tobacco endgame

• New Zealand to ban cigarette sales for future generations 
• Australia: Endgame News
• How One Massachusetts Town Could Shape the Future of Tobacco
• Reducing the Incidence of Lung Cancer: Importance of Tobacco Cessation Education
• Tobacco plain packaging momentum continues worldwide with 38 countries and territories moving forward with regulations
• ‘Smoking kills’ could be printed on every cigarette under new UK proposals
• Scientists find link between health policies and political favouritism
• A respiratory pandemic should focus the mind on tobacco control
• The tobacco ‘endgame’: Is it possible

Tobacco products remain the #1 preventable cause of death in the U.S. and around the world.

And the tobacco industry is fighting harder than ever to weaken public health policies and increase cigarette sales.

With your help, ASH can remain at the forefront to protect you and your loved ones from the harm caused by the tobacco industry. It’s grueling work, but it’s the only way to end the tobacco epidemic.

Please consider making a donation today, which will be MATCHED, to continue our work.

Thank you for making our work possible.