Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem Arendtm June 7, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News As we write this, no one is smoking inside of our office. We rode the metro this morning with no one smoking on the train or the platform, and we can meet friends for dinner tonight where no one will smoke arou...
Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Arendtm June 4, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Ban on Tobacco Sales in Beverly Hills Passed with Unanimous Support WASHINGTON, DC – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 – Late last night, the Beverly...
Media Advisory: What’s Menthol Got to Do with It? Everything (Still)! Arendtm May 20, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Carol McGruder, Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council "For every black man murdered, there are 6-8 dying of tobacco diseases." "We can’t wait until what’s happening with police bru...
Insight from a 6th Grader in Connecticut Arendtm April 25, 2019 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Below are an essay and video ASH received from a 6th grader known as A.C.R.S. at Weston Middle School in Weston, CT. She argues a strong and well-cited case like a seasoned veteran in our field, simplifying an ...
Bucharest Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free Europe Arendtm April 11, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 This Resolution came out of discussions that began at the Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World on March 26, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania and continued at the annual European Network for Smoking a...
Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm March 24, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, Global Action for Everyone's Health, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis speaking at the Forum This unique and historic event brought together global leaders in human rights and public health to discuss ways to advance worldwide efforts to comb...
No Legal Right to Smoke Arendtm March 5, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In our work, we spend a lot of time arguing for people’s rights. The right to be free from targeted advertising by the tobacco industry. The right to access cessation products. The right to be free from sec...
Update: Dutch Criminal Case Against Tobacco Industry Arendtm February 8, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News In September 2016, lawyer Benedicte Ficq filed a criminal case with the Dutch Public Prosecutor, alleging that four tobacco manufacturers were guilty of attempted murder, manslaughter, premeditated attempts...
Statement on Hawaii Phasing Out Cigarette Sales Arendtm February 4, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber Monday, February 4, 2019 ASH fully supports Hawaii’s proposal to phase cigarettes out of the Hawaiian market by 2024. Cigarettes are highly engineered nico...
Recap of ASH’s progress in 2018 Arendtm December 19, 2018 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News We hope you’ve had a healthy and happy 2018. Here at ASH, it’s been a productive year. One thing we are very proud of is how much our small staff of 6 people accomplishes. We wanted to share with you some of ou...
The Dutch Criminal Case: We’ve lost a battle, but not the war Arendtm December 19, 2018 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms One of ASH’s programs seeks to hold tobacco corporations and executives criminally responsible for the deaths and disease caused by their products. To that end, we work with organizations around the world w...
