The New York Times Should Not Promote a Cigarette Brand, in 2023
On August 24, 2023, The New York Times Style section published an article – “A Viral Cigarette Brand? In 2023?” – about a cigarette startup company us...
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Joint Statement: The FDA Continues to Delay Protecting Americans from Mentholated Cigarettes
The FDA Continues to Delay Protecting Americans from Mentholated Cigarettes
August 2023 was the deadline announced by FDA to propose a rule
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International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples
By Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, ASH and Dr. Raglan Maddox, ANU College of Health and Medicine
While commercial tobacco use negatively impacts the right to ...
208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies
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208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Cont...
World Lung Cancer Day: Unraveling the Deadly Link Between Cigarettes and Lung Cancer
August 1st is World Lung Cancer Day. Like most special days, World Lung Cancer Day is a recent addition to the calendar; the first was in 2012. Unlike...
Congressional Briefing by the Truth Initiative on the “Black Lives/Black Lungs” Film Series
Author: Benjamin Verhagen, ASH Policy Intern
June 2023 - the Truth Initiative held a Congressional Briefing and presentation of their “Black Lives/Bl...
Call for Organizations to Sign On
Update: August 8, 2023
Press Release: 208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies
Backg...
The Invisible Struggle: Unveiling the Unique Challenges Faced by Women
Author: Vela Sree, ASH Policy Intern
In many societies, smoking has been traditionally portrayed as a male habit, leading to a lack of awareness an...
2022 Annual Report Released
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After planting an apple tree, it will be years before you get an actual apple. But it is very satisfying when you do, and t...
Guest Blog: From Smoking as a Minor to Supporting my Community in their Quit Journeys
Eleven years old is way too young to walk into a store and be able to buy a pack of cigarettes. That’s how old I was when I experimented with my firs...
New Data Compilation Shows Scope of Tobacco Industry Lobbying in the U.S.
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New Data Compilation Shows Scope of Tobacco Industry Lobbying in the U.S.
Tobacco Companies Hire Hun...
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
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
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
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
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
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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Megan Manning
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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
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
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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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
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...
The FDA’s Delay: One Year and Counting
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
In the last week, government agencies in two countries – the Netherlands and Belgium – have recommended a complete ban on the sale of cigarette filter...
Guest Blog: A Doctor and Tobacco Industry Whistleblower’s Take on Tobacco Endgame
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...
