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

May 24, 2023

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Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 390 – 9513 Tobacco Harms Health and the Environment: Urgent Action Needed at the UN World No Tobacco Day is May 31, falling during the second round of negotiations for the...

20th Anniversary of the Adoption of the WHO FCTC

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May 21, 2023

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Today, May 21, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) by the World Health Assembly. The FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated u...

The FDA’s Delay: One Year and Counting

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April 28, 2023

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If you could press a button and save lives, how long would you wait to press it? 1 minute? 1 hour? How about a day or a week? What about a year? Today (April 28, 2023) marks one year since the Food and Drug ...

European Policymakers Support Cigarette Filter Ban: A Welcome Trend

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April 26, 2023

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In the last week, government agencies in two countries – the Netherlands and Belgium – have recommended a complete ban on the sale of cigarette filters. First, congratulations to our colleagues for their work ...

How to Sidestep Addiction and Save a Billion Lives | Tamu Green Ph.D. | TEDxFolsom

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March 29, 2023

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Guest Blog: A Doctor and Tobacco Industry Whistleblower’s Take on Tobacco Endgame

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March 22, 2023

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As a surgeon for 21 years, I’ve seen the extensive, heartbreaking toll tobacco products take on the human body. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the world, claiming the liv...

Fighting for your Right to Health | CERD Day 2023

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March 20, 2023

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Our goal at ASH is to protect everyone from the harms of tobacco. One way we strive to achieve that goal is by reducing health inequities and fighting for everyone’s right to health. In honor of International ...

33 Countries Support Human Rights Based Approach to UN Plastic Pollution Treaty

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March 17, 2023

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March 17, 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland Andres del Castillo of Peru addresses the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vanuatu, Brazil, Portugal, Luxemburg, Malta, Armenia, Chile, Mexic...

International Women’s Day 2023 | Tobacco’s Impact on Women

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March 6, 2023

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Today, 200 million of the world’s one billion people who smoke are women and 2.15 million women die from tobacco use every year. Over 71% of those women live in low- and middle-income countries, where the burde...

Update on ASH Executive Director and 2023 Progress

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March 1, 2023

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As of February 13, 2023, ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber, in consultation with the ASH Board of Trustees, began a medical leave of absence through November 2023. The ASH Board of Trustees appointed Chie...

Tobacco Impedes Social Justice

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February 17, 2023

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Public health, and more specifically tobacco control, sits at the vortex of many important social issues such as development, human rights, law, and social justice. Tobacco companies have been aggressively t...

CDC Reports: More Than Half of All Americans Support Ending the Sale of Tobacco Products

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February 2, 2023

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CDC Reports: More Than Half of All Americans Support Ending the Sale of Tobacco Products Research Brief Released in Preventing Chronic Disease Media Contact: Megan Arendt-Manning (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTO...

Governments are getting serious about cancer. They’re starting with tobacco.

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February 1, 2023

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February 4th is World Cancer Day. Cancer is the second largest cause of death worldwide, and smoking is the leading cause, directly responsible for 30% of cancer deaths. Cancer takes the lives of about ten mill...

Plastic Pollution INC Stakeholders Meeting | ASH Statement

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January 31, 2023

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Oral statement | Action on Smoking and Health | January 31, 2023 Proposed Objective: To protect future generations from the environmental, health and other burdens of plastic pollution. The objective sho...

Dr. Carolyn Dresler, 2022 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award Recipient, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees

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January 24, 2023

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Media Contact: Megan Arendt-Manning (202) 659 – 4310 Dr. Carolyn Dresler, 2022 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award Recipient, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees Lung Health and Human Rights ...

End of 2022 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

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December 21, 2022

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Click to Expand The year 2022 has seen incredible milestones when it comes to taking measures to protect our collective right to health and right to a healthy environment from the harms caused by the tobacc...

ASH’s Accomplishments in 2022

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December 17, 2022

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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...

A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package

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December 13, 2022

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A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package Changing the Course of the Tobacco Epidemic for the World Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 390-9513 WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 13, 2022 – To...

Christopher K. Leung Receives Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health

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December 12, 2022

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NEW YORK CITY, NY - DECEMBER 8, 2022 - Action on Smoking and Health awarded the Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health to Christopher K. Leung, the lead attorney in the landmark case forcing the Food...

Synopsis and Prospects: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 5, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic attended the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 – De...

Day 4: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 1, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Day 3: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 1, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Day 2: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 29, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

Day 1: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 28, 2022

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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastics pollution in Punta del Este, Uruguay from November 28 ...

UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

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November 15, 2022

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The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has correctly designated cigarette filters as a form of single-use plastic. The Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) for the plastics treaty must con...