Health advocates in Southeast Asia hope the 16th round of the negotiations for the Trans Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA) would acknowledge tobacco products are harmful and cause disease and death. There ar...
Thailand continues its leadership in protecting its citizens from the ravages of tobacco. ASH congratulates them on the world's largest health warnings!
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Sean Johnson keeps a pack of Marlboro Reds in a satchel slung across his right shoulder. He tried his first cigarette when he was 11 years old, and started smoking “officially” when he was 17 — around the same ...
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has announced the re-issuing of a final rule restricting the sale, distribution, and use of cigarettes and smokeless tobacco.
The rule was originally issued and ma...
Check out Gallup-Healthways findings on the US states with the most smokers. Data was compiled from phone surveys of 353,492 people nationwide. Click on the image to access the top 20 states>
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Life hasn’t gotten any easier for Big Tobacco. Last week, Russia became the latest country to impose major new restrictions on smoking in public places. Starting in June, Russians will no longer be able to smo...
EU tobacco-producing countries must accept damage to their industry in the drive to stop people smoking, Minister for Health James Reilly has said.
Ireland had prioritised a plan to ban flavoured tobacco and s...
Fighting the tobacco industry's tactics in the world's poorest countries and ensuring the best vaccines get to those most in need are key to cutting the number of cancer deaths worldwide, according to a report ...
If you smoke, you already know you need to quit. It’s bad for your heart, lungs, brain, and even your sex life.
But let’s face it: You’d have kicked the habit yesterday if smoking’s ill effects were a bit mo...
In our letter to the World Health Organization's consultation on the future Global Action Plan on NCDs (2013-2020), ASH outlines key provisions member states and WHO should consider for successful strengthenin...
This is just one of many key statements made at last week's conference on "Governance of Tobacco in the 21st Century" held at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. To see some of the powerful me...
It is with deep sadness that ASH announces the passing of a longtime tobacco control friend and pioneer, C. Everett Koop, on February 25th at the age of 96.
As the U.S. Surgeon General under President Ronald R...
C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general of the United States who started the government’s public discussion of AIDS during the Reagan administration, died Feb. 25 at his home in Hanover, N.H. He was 96.
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The new form released by the Center for Tobacco Products allows the public to report potential violations of the Tobacco Control Act and its related regulations. In turn this enables the FDA to monitor complian...
When Maria Arundel’s husband, Richard, died from lung cancer aged 65, she felt her life was over.
Yet she also credits his death as the reason she was saved from succumbing to the same disease.
With no sc...
New Zealand is set to become the first country after Australia to pass a law requiring that cigarettes be sold in plain packages.
New Zealand’s government will bring in the legislation to cut the appeal of s...
MOSCOW — The lower house of parliament, which has raised the blood pressure of many Russians by banning American adoptions and restricting opposition rights, attempted to lower it to healthy levels Friday as la...
When it comes to preventable deaths and disease, smoking is still a top killer in the U.S., says a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Approximately 443,000 people die from cigare...
(Jan 29, 2013 / Washington, DC) ASH director Laurent Huber has been invited to speak at the Global Tobacco Experience meeting. This CDC and HHS meeting will provide a review of global tobacco control efforts a...
A U.S. district court has ordered tobacco companies to issue and to pay for “corrective statements” in order to rectify decades of lying and manipulation.
Here is what you can expect on the Adverse Health Ef...
A U.S. district court has ordered tobacco companies to issue and to pay for “corrective statements” in order to rectify decades of lying and manipulation.
Here is what you can expect on the Manipulation of C...
A U.S. district court has ordered tobacco companies to issue and to pay for “corrective statements” in order to rectify decades of lying and manipulation.
Here is what you can expect on the Lack of Signific...
Legislation Includes Provisions to Fight Chronic Disease, Encourage Healthier Communities, Schools and Workplaces, and Improve Opportunities for Individuals with Disabilities
Legislation introduced today by Se...
A U.S. district court has ordered tobacco companies to issue and to pay for “corrective statements” in order to rectify decades of lying and manipulation.
Here is what you can expect on the Addictiveness of ...