ASH’s 2022 Priorities
“Health is a fundamental human right indispensable for the exercise of other human rights. Every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the h...
End of 2021 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber
As Susan Sontag once wrote, “Everyone who is born holds dual citizenship, in the kingdom of the well and in the kingdom of the sick. Although we all p...
Estate Planning for Peace of Mind
Guest Author: Dr. Carolyn Dresler
After recently retiring from income-producing work, I found myself revising my will. I still volunteer my time ...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2021
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...
Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights Through Tobacco Control
Every December 10th is Human Rights Day, and this year (2021) the theme is “Equality- Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights.” For ASH, this th...
“You can’t do that, can you?” “Yes, you can.” Why tobacco sales bans are good municipal policy
Guest Author: John Mirisch
UC San Francisco Professor and distinguished anti-tobacco advocate Ruth Malone once pointed out that in the history of c...
Hidden Costs: The Economic Burden of Cigarette Smoking on U.S. Healthcare Spending
Author: Gabrielle Ballweg, ASH Human Rights Policy and Communications Intern
Arguably the most compelling justification for permitting cigarette sa...
Opposing Goals: The Tobacco Industry vs. Public Health
Author: Vivienne Brandt, ASH Policy and Communications Intern
In 2003, the World Health Organization concluded negotiations of the Framework Conven...
2020 Annual Report
Click here to read our 2020 Annual Report
The year 2020 brought much needed attention to social justice, and placed the right to health front and ...
The Tobacco Industry’s Impact on Child Exploitation Globally
Author: Mitch Schuster, ASH Policy and Communications Intern
The tobacco industry is frequently criticized for its product’s harmful effects on glo...
Huber Statement: Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born in the 21st Century
Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director,
Action on Smoking and Health
Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to An...
Letter: 148 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products
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148 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products
The lessons learned in 2020 from the bold actions taken to address t...
Report: Cessation, The Right to Health
Access to Smoking Cessation Support is a Human Right
ASH and ICTC Release a Report in Advance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31st
Contact: Megan Arend...
MDPI: Towards Quantifiable Metrics Warranting Industry-Wide Corporate Death Penalties
Professor Joshua Pearce, the Richard Witte Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and a Professor cross-appointed in the Department of Materia...
Joint Statement: The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans
The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responds to a lawsuit filed by ASH, AAT...
97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol
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97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol
Action on Smokin...
Tobacco Companies Racially Discriminate Against Minorities
Tobacco use disproportionately affects many marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, who have a long and documented histor...
The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH
Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main p...
Menthol Marketing Exposes Institutional Racism
Guest Blog Author: Michael Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University
When it comes to destroying Black lives, no modern A...
Another Legal Blow to Big Tobacco
On March 29, 2021, Judge Janis Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for Southern California dashed the hopes of R.J. Reynolds and other plaintiffs se...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on International Women’s Day
Today is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the progress that’s been made for women’s rights around the world, and a day to call for much-...
ASH Statement for the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)
Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021.
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WCTOH – Tobacco and Human Rights
Written by Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking & Health and WCTOH Advisory Board Member
25 February 2021
In addition to b...
Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo – Webinar on Tobacco Endgame in Spain
ASH Webinar on Tobacco Endgame in Spain
February 11, 2021
Statement from Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework C...
Why I Fight: For Regan and Paul
Author: Anita Renzetti, Project Director, Adult Cessation Services, Bay Area Community Resources, Inc.
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