Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm December 19, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms That’s our vision at ASH, a tobacco-free world. This year marks ASH’s 50th anniversary, and we are as committed as ever to end the tobacco epidemic. ...
Human Rights Day 2016 Arendtm December 7, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted...
We must protect our health gains Arendtm December 2, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates What will the next four years hold for the anti-tobacco movement in the U.S.? We can't say for sure, and if the recent track record of pollsters tells...
What if Tobacco Vanished? Arendtm December 2, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Cigarettes have been commercially marketed and sold in the United States for over 100 years. The negative health effects of tobacco have been public k...
RJ Reynolds Can’t Make Up Its Mind Arendtm October 31, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In California, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to prevent a new tax on cigarettes. But in Missouri, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to promote a new...
U.S. Campaign Contributions 2016 Arendtm October 24, 2016 Blog, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem. Almost 600,000 Americans die every year from tobacco related diseases. This death and disease is...
ASH Environmental Webinar Recap Arendtm September 30, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 When we think of tobacco, a lot of health issues immediately spring to mind – lung cancer, throat cancer, cardiovascular disease, tooth decay, asthma....
Tobacco 21: Campaign Case Study Arendtm September 1, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 This case study is intended as a teaching device for municipalities that are just getting started or have already begun working to raise the minimum a...
10th Anniversary of Landmark Ruling Arendtm August 16, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms 1 On August 17, 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued an historic ruling. Nearly 7 years after the case was first filed, Judge Kessler issued ...
WHO Resources on NCDs Arendtm July 19, 2016 Blog, News & Events, Related News The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to better assist progress toward the non-communicable disease (NCD) reduction targets endorsed by gover...
No Safe Use of Tobacco Arendtm July 15, 2016 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 Tasmania, an Australian island off the Southern coast, is considering an historic step for tobacco control. The Legislative Council is currently consi...
Earth Day 2016 Arendtm April 22, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 The harmful impacts of smoking go well beyond each individual smoker. Cigarettes have a negative impact on the environment throughout their entire lif...
Why don’t smokers quit? Arendtm March 24, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events 1 The evidence is clear: smoking is horrible for your health, and quitting benefits not only your health, but your wallet. These things are fairly obvio...
How Tobacco Companies Factor into the Presidential Primaries Arendtm February 11, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events 1 As the first primary elections begin, you are probably thinking about a lot of factors when considering who to vote for. But have you thought about ho...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber Arendtm December 21, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events Making Priorities into our Reality This year has been one filled with milestones for the public health and tobacco control communities. The Susta...
Criminal Cases about Consumer Products Arendtm December 2, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 The tobacco epidemic continues to spread around the world. Tobacco is unique – no other product kills half of its consumers when used exactly as inten...
ASH 2015 Tobacco Criminal Liability and Tobacco & Human Rights Report Card Arendtm November 16, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates ASH’s tobacco criminal liability program was created to investigate the possibility of holding tobacco corporations and their executives criminally li...
ASH 2015 Trade Report Card Arendtm November 9, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events 1 Last week, after many years of painful negotiation, the final text for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was released. This is the text th...
ASH 2015 Tobacco Industry Monitoring Report Card Arendtm November 2, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events ASH’s Tobacco Industry Monitoring (TIM) program works to track and publicize tobacco industry behavior. Our TIM program stems from Article 5.3 of the...
Smoked meat is NOT as dangerous as smoked tobacco Arendtm October 27, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events Most regular readers of the ASH blog will have heard the news from the World Health Organization (WHO) that smoked and preserved meats are now known c...
International Day of the Girl Arendtm October 8, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique chall...
What does peanut butter have to do with tobacco? Arendtm September 21, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 3 Recently, a landmark case was decided in federal court in Georgia. The subject of the case? Peanut butter. The Peanut Butter Case: United States of A...
The experiences of an ASH intern (Part 2) Arendtm September 4, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events 1 Guest Blog: Continued from Here By Matt Romeo Communications As part of the communications aspect of my internship, I got to dress-up as “Jeff the...
Big Trade Agreements … Big Tobacco Arendtm September 3, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News By Chris Bostic, for Health and Trade Network As the role of tobacco companies in trade agreements on both sides of the Atlantic has been highlight...
