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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on new PMI Foundation

October 17, 2017

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On September 13, a new chapter in the struggle against tobacco began with a surprise announcement. Philip Morris International, a multinational giant and marketer of Marlboro, the world's most popular cigarette...

95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes

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September 14, 2017

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 – Today, 95 organizations from around the globe published an open letter to Philip Morris International (PMI) demanding that they immediately cease the production, marketin...

Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations

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September 14, 2017

Philip Morris International Pretends to Care

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September 13, 2017

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Philip Morris International announced today that they have pledged $1 billion to work towards a smoke-free world. Some are inclined to greet this announcement with applause; but this venture should instead be v...

Action Review: Second Quarter Edition 2017

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July 20, 2017

E-Newsletter, News & Events

ASH hosted a legal expert group in Geneva For the first time, an international meeting was held to spread knowledge between the U.S., our colleagues in the Netherlands, and 16 other countries on criminal liabi...

Tobacco Industry Accused of Murder: Criminal Case Against Tobacco Industry, ASH reports

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July 17, 2017

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Action on Smoking & Health Draws on “Sick of Smoking’s” Current Legal Challenge Against Tobacco Companies in the Netherlands to Highlight Criminal Liability WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, July 18, 2017 – ...

The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens

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July 17, 2017

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All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to strengthen universal peace and ...

Health in eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world

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July 12, 2017

News & Events

Joint statement from health organizations here>...

2016 Annual Report

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June 9, 2017

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ASH recognizes Big Tobacco as the vector of the tobacco epidemic, and we work on several fronts to counter attack their deadly products. Read our 2016 Annual Report about how our programs progressed in 2016 a...

New Report: Tobacco in America

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May 30, 2017

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Americans’ Health Ranks 43rd Globally, Despite Spending Most on Healthcare Read the Full Report Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) unveils report results, demonstrating that large disparities in tobacc...

The world’s largest tobacco company wanted good press – but it backfired

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May 29, 2017

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Re-printed as an English translation with permission from Buzzfeed Germany, original article in German here. Stop producing or marketing tobacco! This is what an Institute for Human Rights has recommended to ...

Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights

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May 21, 2017

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Action on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should cease “the production and marketing of tobacco.” Read the...

PMI Befriends Human Rights Org

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May 2, 2017

Letter to NYC Council

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April 25, 2017

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Honorable Corey Johnson, Chair, Health Committee, New York City Council City Hall, New York, NY 10007 April 25, 2017 Dear Mr. Johnson: I am writing to support the proposed tobacco legislation that w...

For an Earth Free of Tobacco Waste

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April 22, 2017

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By Yogi Hale Hendlin, PhD, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UCSF We all know tobacco kills. But few stop to consider how tobacco also kills the planet. Especially as it serves no socia...

Hold the Tobacco Industry Responsible for Harming our Global Environment

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April 21, 2017

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By Clif Curtis For decades now, with cigarette sales having increased to more than six trillion in 2016, tobacco producers have refused to accept any significant responsibility for the serious, global enviro...

Trump Administration Ties to Big Tobacco

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March 28, 2017

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Smoking has been banned on airplanes since 1990. In California -the first state to implement a smoke-free air law - workplaces, bars, and restaurants have been smoke-free since 1998. There haven’t been tobacco ...

International Labour Organization to Consider Severing Ties with the Tobacco Industry

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March 13, 2017

Tobacco control: saving lives and driving development

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February 28, 2017

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Tobacco use poses an unparalleled health and economic burden worldwide. A new study found that the diseases caused by smoking account for US$ 422 billion in health care expenditures annually, representing almo...

Business groups, once tobacco-friendly, switch sides in fight

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February 28, 2017

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"Smoking isn't just killing us, it's bankrupting us," said Ashli Watts, a spokeswoman with the Chamber of Commerce for Kentucky, where one in four adults uses tobacco, the lung cancer rate is the nation's highe...

Federal tobacco control is at risk in the US

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February 10, 2017

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The man Donald Trump has chosen to direct health policy for the federal government has close ties to the tobacco industry he will be charged with regulating. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who was confirmed as health...

World Cancer Day 2017

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February 3, 2017

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As we mark World Cancer Day, let's take a moment to envision a day in the future when cancer is no longer ever a death sentence. As our National Cancer Institute presses forward on treatment and research under ...

IASLC Statement on Philip Morris’ New Manifesto Highlights the Importance of Tobacco Control

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February 3, 2017

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On February 1, 2017, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) issued the following statement: “According to its own public reports, in 2016 Phillip Morris manufactured 800 billion...

Monograph: The Economics of Tobacco & Tobacco Contol

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January 13, 2017

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This collaborative analysis from the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization is the result of several years' work from noted experts in economics, public health and law. It is the most detai...

Tobacco to be Hidden from Plain Sight in Netherlands Shops

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January 4, 2017

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The Dutch government is working on a legislative proposal to ban the visible display of tobacco products, State Secretary Martin van Rijn of Public Health informed parliament, ANP reports. Read more>...