Tobacco Endgame Matters Podcast Episode 11: The Truth about the Tobacco Industry’s Influence, featuring Truth Initiative CEO and Youth Ambassador

In this episode, Robin Koval, Truth Initiative CEO and President, and Jordan Watkins, Truth ambassador and doctoral student at the University of Alabama, join ASH’s Policy Director, Chris Bostic, for a conversation about Truth Initiative’s new position paper, Gamechanger: Shifting from Tobacco Control to Ending the Industry’s Influence for Good. They also get into detail about realistic goals for Endgame and impacts on communities most affected by the tobacco industry. Listen to the podcast here> 

ASH NEWS

• Press Release: 208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies 

• Joint Statement: The FDA Continues to Delay Protecting Americans from Mentholated Cigarettes 

• 2022 ASH Annual Report: Read it here 

• Tobacco Endgame Policy and Advocacy Training Course: underway now through November 20, 2023. Registration remains open here. 

• Blog: The New York Times Should Not Promote a Cigarette Brand, in 2023 

• Blog: The Invisible Struggle: Unveiling the Unique Challenges Faced by Women 

• Blog: World Lung Cancer Day: Unraveling the Deadly Link Between Cigarettes and Lung Cancer 

• Blog: Congressional Briefing by the Truth Initiative on the “Black Lives/Black Lungs” Film Series 

• Blog: International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples 

TOBACCO NEWS

• Concordia Ends Relationship with Philip Morris International Following Response from Public Health Leaders 

• New resources from Transparency and Truth on how tobacco companies work to greenwash their public image while harming the environment with their products. Available in English, French, German and Italian> 

• British Prime Minister Rishi Sunak considers banning cigarettes for next generation 

• Majority of Canadians want provincial governments to use the current insolvency process to force Big Tobacco to phase out cigarette sales 

• Why is the European Union thinking of banning cigarette filters? 

• Why Some Minnesota Treatment Centers are Going Commercial Tobacco-Free to Improve Health 

• NY Governor Hochul Signs Public Health Legislation to Crack Down on Tobacco Sales 

• Smoking Is a Dying Habit. Not in Germany. 

• Ban smoking and vaping in schools worldwide urges WHO 

• The Economic Effects of Cigarette Sales and Flavor Bans on Tobacco Retail Businesses 

• European Union Citizens: Sign this petition for a Tobacco-Free Europe. And please share it among your networks! 

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