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Fighting for your Right to Health | CERD Day 2023

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March 20, 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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March 1, 2023
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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...

A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package

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December 13, 2022
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A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package Changing the Course of the Tobacco Epidemic for the World Media Contact: Megan Mann...

Christopher K. Leung Receives Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health

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December 12, 2022
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NEW YORK CITY, NY - DECEMBER 8, 2022 - Action on Smoking and Health awarded the Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health to Christopher K. Le...

Synopsis and Prospects: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 5, 2022
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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic attended the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastic...

Day 4: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 1, 2022
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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Day 3: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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December 1, 2022
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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Day 2: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 29, 2022
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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

Day 1: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 28, 2022
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ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...

UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution

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November 15, 2022
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The UN Environmental Assembly adopted a resolution to begin negotiations on an international, legally-binding treaty to end plastic pollution. These t...

ASH Welcomes Protection from Flavored Tobacco Products in California

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November 9, 2022
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt-Manning manningm@ash.org (202) 659 – 4310 ASH Welcomes Protection from Flavored Tobacco Products in California WASHIN...

Professor Stephen P. Marks, Harvard Professor Emeritus, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees

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November 3, 2022
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt-Manning (202) 659 – 4310 Professor Stephen P. Marks, Harvard Professor Emeritus, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Boa...

2021 Annual Report

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October 31, 2022
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Click here to read ASH's Annual Report In 2021, despite operating under the global COVID-19 pandemic, ASH implemented numerous programs to accompl...

Decades of Dedication: Dr. Alfred Munzer’s Career in Public Health

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October 25, 2022
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Media Contact:  Megan Arendt-Manning (202) 659 – 4310 Decades of Dedication: Dr. Alfred Munzer’s Career in Public Health New Video Commemorates Dr...

Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Brookline, Massachusetts’ Tobacco-Free Generation Law

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October 17, 2022
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On October 17, 2022, the Massachusetts Superior Court granted a motion to dismiss filed by the City of Brookline against a lawsuit challenging their T...

International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

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October 17, 2022
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Nearly every noun in the English language seems to get a day we’re supposed to note or even celebrate. There is a National Pumpkin Day (October 26) as...
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