The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH Arendtm April 8, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main phone line forwarding to cell phones. So when the world went ...
Menthol Marketing Exposes Institutional Racism Arendtm April 6, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Blog Author: Michael Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University When it comes to destroying Black lives, no modern American institution can match the tobacco industry. It is...
Another Legal Blow to Big Tobacco Arendtm March 31, 2021 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News On March 29, 2021, Judge Janis Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for Southern California dashed the hopes of R.J. Reynolds and other plaintiffs seeking to overturn San Diego’s ban on the sale of flavored to...
NAQC Newsroom: Impact of COVID-19 on tobacco cessation Arendtm March 24, 2021 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Impact of COVID-19 on Tobacco Cessation Thursday, March 11, 2021 Every year, North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) analyzes data on quitline services and reports the results. "In calendar year 2020, ...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on International Women’s Day Arendtm March 8, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Today is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the progress that’s been made for women’s rights around the world, and a day to call for much-needed change. Cigarette smoking among women is declining...
Monterey County Weekly: Cigarette advertising could bring in big dollars, but crosses a line. Arendtm February 26, 2021 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Read Founding Editor & CEO of the Weekly Bradley Zeve's editorial on why they rejected a $100,000 tobacco industry advertising purchase order>...
TID: Educating the public and lawmakers about tobacco industry interference Arendtm February 26, 2021 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Read our joint editorial in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal here>...
WCTOH – Tobacco and Human Rights Arendtm February 25, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Written by Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking & Health and WCTOH Advisory Board Member 25 February 2021 In addition to being a Development challenge, the tobacco epidemic is also i...
Why I Fight: For Regan and Paul Arendtm February 4, 2021 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Author: Anita Renzetti, Project Director, Adult Cessation Services, Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. www.bacr.org @bacrdotorg My debonair partner Paul and I were engaged only one month when he was diagno...
ASH Statement: U.S. Rejoins the World Health Organization Arendtm January 21, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health Washington, DC - January 21, 2021 - Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds President Biden for rejoining the World Health Org...
Why Tobacco Still Matters Arendtm January 13, 2021 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events By: Chris Bostic, Policy Director at ASH January 12, 2021 Our national house is on fire. And it’s flooded. And it’s falling into a sinkhole. Focusing on a broken window right now would be ludicrous. The ...
Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California Make History for Public Health Arendtm January 5, 2021 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California Make History for Public Health Their Ordinances to Ban the Sale of Commercial Tobacco are in Effect Today Media Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 390 – 9513 SACRAMEN...
End of 2020 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber Arendtm December 22, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News In February 2020, Kelsey and I had the honor of presenting the human rights dimensions of the tobacco epidemic at the European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECTOH) in Berlin, Germany. Twelve months ago, ...
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways Arendtm December 22, 2020 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program released a new study which reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infections in the airways. Read more here>...
John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees Arendtm December 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees His Leadership in Passing The 1st in the Nation Ban on the Sale of Tobacco Products Will Save Lives Media Conta...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2020 Arendtm December 11, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry, marketing and selling lethal and addictive products, violates human rights. As such, we carry out 4 key areas of work: (1) Phasi...
Human Rights Day 2020 Arendtm December 9, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th is International Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document s...
National Index Shines a Light on Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking Arendtm December 8, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 National Index Shines a Light on Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking New Report Released by Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Exposes What Tobacco Industry Wants Ignored Media Contact: Megan Arendt...
Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health, on the passing of former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez Arendtm December 7, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health, on the passing of former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez It is with a heavy heart that we note the passing of former Urugu...
National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA Arendtm December 3, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA and ASH in Lawsuit Against the FDA Lawsuit seeks to require the FDA to take action on menthol cigarettes Media Contacts: AATCLC: Tracy Brown, 888-881-6619...
Finally, the beginning of a paradigm shift that will phase out tobacco use entirely! Arendtm December 1, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Author: Richard A. Daynard University Distinguished Professor of Law President, Public Health Advocacy Institute Northeastern Univeristy School of Law On November 19, 2020 the representative town me...
5 Editorials Released in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal (TID) Arendtm December 1, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News In a COVID-free world, many people in tobacco control would have been at the Hague from 9-14 November 2020 for the Ninth Conference of the Parties (COP9) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC...
The Netherlands presents plan to reduce tobacco retail outlets Arendtm November 23, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Blog Author: Daniëlle Arnold, Policy Advisor Health Funds for a Smokefree Netherlands (previously the Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society) On Friday, November 20, 2020, the Dutch governme...
STOP Partners: New Global Index Shows Aggressive Tobacco Industry Lobbying in 2019 and Exploitation of COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 Arendtm November 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Data from 57 Countries Reveal Governments Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Policy From Industry Influence November 17, 2020 Read the full press release and global report from the STOP Partners and the G...
ASH 2020 Town Hall Arendtm October 27, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Events, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Watch the recording here 2020 has been a challenging year for a lot of us, but at ASH, we aren’t letting that slow our progress combatting the tobacco epidemic. Much of our work is bolstered by partner and c...
