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INC-2 Statement from Action on Smoking and Health, the African Tobacco Control Alliance, Corporate Accountability and other members of the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance

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June 2, 2023
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Agenda Item 4 of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic...

Day 5 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

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ASH’s Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Day 4 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

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June 1, 2023
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ASH’s Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Day 3 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

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ASH’s Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Joint Opening Statement for INC-2

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Wednesday, 31 May 2023 Delivered by: Christopher Chin, Executive Director, The Center for Oceanic Awareness, Research, and Education (COARE) On ...

Health and Environmental Advocates to INC-2 in France: Ban Cigarette Filters

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May 31, 2023
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Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 390 – 9513 PARIS, FRANCE - May 31, 2023 - On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, health and environmental advo...

Day 2 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

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May 30, 2023
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ASH’s Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Day 1 INC-2: Negotiations for the UN Treaty to End Plastic Pollution

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May 29, 2023
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ASH’s Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the second Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC-2) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

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

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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...

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 Assem...
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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? To...

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 filter...

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 pre...

Fighting for your Right to Health | CERD Day 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...

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, Vanuat...

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 wom...

Update on ASH Executive Director and 2023 Progress

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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 throug...

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 s...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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 u...
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