Tobacco Industry Lobbyists Undermine Public Health

“There is an irreconcilable conflict between the goals of tobacco companies and the goals of public health,” said Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH.

“We must exclude tobacco companies from regulating their own products, as the global tobacco treaty, the FCTC, recommends.  Where that’s not possible, we must shine a light on the tobacco industry representatives and ensure their ‘advice’ is ignored.”

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• Press Release: New Data Compilation Shows Scope of Tobacco Industry Lobbying in the U.S.
• Press Release: Tobacco Harms Health and the Environment: Urgent Action Needed at the UN
• Press Release: Health and Environmental Advocates to INC-2 in France: Ban Cigarette Filters
• Joint Statement: Joint Opening Statement for INC-2
• Joint Statement: INC-2 Statement from Action on Smoking and Health, the African Tobacco Control Alliance, Corporate Accountability and other members of the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance
• Blog and Video: The FDA’s Delay: One Year and Counting
• Blog: 20th Anniversary of the Adoption of the WHO FCTC
• Blog: European Policymakers Support Cigarette Filter Ban: A Welcome Trend
• Blog: Day 1 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
• Blog: Day 2 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
• Blog: Day 3 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
• Blog: Day 4 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
• Blog: Day 5 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution
• Guest Blog: From Smoking as a Minor to Supporting my Community in their Quit Journeys
• Tobacco Endgame Matters Podcast Episode – Cessation: A Critical Component of the Tobacco Endgame
• Tobacco Endgame Matters Podcast Episode – Menthol Products Impacting the African American & Pan-African Communities

More Harm Than Good: Why cigarette filters should be eliminated from the commercial cigarette market

• British American Tobacco to pay over $600 million for violating North Korea sanctions
• WHO Food for Thought: By growing tobacco instead of food, millions go hungry.
• Cigarette Filters, Straws Top Plastics Needing Bans, Group Says
• Truth Initiative: Netflix streams 1.1 billion minutes of tobacco-related imagery in newest season of F1 racing show
• Tobacco-Free Kids: Starting July 1, Tobacco Companies Must Post Signs About Health Risks of Smoking at About 220,000 Stores Across U.S. – Signs Stem from 2006 Racketeering Verdict Against Companies
• STOP Partners: The Tobacco Industry Makes Inequity Worse
• ASH Scotland: 63,000 households in Scotland can be lifted out of poverty through quitting tobacco, reveals ASH Scotland
• Canada to become first country in the world to require health warnings on individual cigarettes
• Alabama lawmakers pass bill to ban smoking, vaping inside a car with children
• New York Must End the Sale of Menthol Cigarettes and Protect LGBTQ Lives
• Shreveport City Council votes to repeal smoking ban in casinos
• European Union Citizens: Sign this petition for a Tobacco-Free Europe. And please share it among your networks!

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