Dr. Cheryl Healton of New York University Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees
ASH Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310
NYU Contact: Rachel Harrison, (212) 998 – 6797
WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 30, 2018 – Action on Smokin...
PMI says they are “designing a smoke-free future,” but their actions speak the real truth
Recently the Philippines Tobacco Institute, which represents Philip Morris International (PMI), among other tobacco companies, filed two lawsuits agai...
Action Review: Second Quarter Edition 2018
How Many Preventable Deaths Are Acceptable? The Answer Must Be Zero.
For World No Tobacco Day, our Executive Director Laurent Huber shared a statem...
WTO Panel Puts Health Ahead of Tobacco Industry Profits
Landmark case gives governments more discretion in health policies
Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310
Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive D...
Remembering our core mission: reducing death and disease
By Laurent Huber, Executive Director
The tobacco control community is at a crossroads. The evidence in unequivocal: the most widely consumed nicoti...
Déclaration du Cape Town sur les droits de l’Homme et un monde sans tabac
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Declaración de Cape Town sobre derechos humanos y un mundo libre de tabaco
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A World Without Tobacco Deaths
Statement from Executive Director Laurent Huber
Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 - 4310
WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 30, 2018 – Tomorrow is World No Tobac...
CNCT – Filtergate: opening of a preliminary investigation
Translated by CNCT from their French release here.
Following the filing of a complaint by the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) for endanger...
Action Review: First Quarter Edition 2018
Tobacco as a Human Rights Violation
If you didn’t see it this past week, here’s our video explaining tobacco as a human rights violation. With yester...
Statement from FDA Commissioner to dramatically reduce smoking rates by lowering nicotine in combustible cigarettes
When I returned to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year, it was immediately clear that tackling tobacco use – and cigarette smoking in part...
Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World
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The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) closed on Friday, March 9, 2018 with the adoption of 11 Declarations, includin...
Dutch Prosecutor Rejects Tobacco Criminal Case; Many Arguments for Appeal Exist
Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health
WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 22, 2018 – We are disappointed in the Dutch ...
Tobacco firms in France cheated nicotine tests: anti-smoking body
Four tobacco companies operating in France manipulated tests to conceal the real level of nicotine and tar contained in cigarettes, endangering the li...
Netherlands Cancer Institute files a report against tobacco manufacturers
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is the first hospital/research institution in the Netherlands to file a report in the ongoing criminal case aga...
ASH: The Big Picture
2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette ...
Why I Fight: Jane’s Dad
On the Shoulders of a Giant
When I heard the news of 50 newspapers in the USA running full page ads against smoking it was a bitter-sweet moment. Let...
The Bubonic Plague. Polio. Cholera. Smallpox. Malaria. And Tobacco?
We often refer to tobacco as an epidemic. But what does that really mean? And does tobacco-related death and disease really compare to diseases that d...
Let’s Get Rid of Cigarettes
A World Where Cigarettes are No Longer Sold for Profit is Within Reach
Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 6, 2017 –...
FINALLY! Corrective Ads Published!
**UPDATE 3** - Beginning on November 26, 2017 the public will begin seeing long-awaited “corrective statements” by the tobacco industry on television ...
Keynote from Sharon Eubanks at ASH’s 50th Anniversary Event
Sharon Eubanks, Former Department of Justice attorney who lead the RICO lawsuit
Friends, Deputy Chief Baluga: It is an honor to be asked to say a fe...
Report on 50 Years
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A Future with ZERO Tobacco Deaths
ASH Releases Report on 50 Years of Fighting
Cli...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on new PMI Foundation
On September 13, a new chapter in the struggle against tobacco began with a surprise announcement. Philip Morris International, a multinational giant ...
95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 – Today, 95 organizations from around the globe published an open letter to Philip Morris International (PMI) de...