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Essay from Atul, a 10th Grade Student in Chennai, India

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May 31, 2020
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Why does this year's World No Tobacco Day matter to children? By: Atul, Grade X, Chennai, India Every year, 31 May is observed as World No Tobacco...
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Response: States Can Stop Selling Cigarettes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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May 8, 2020
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I read with interest Representative Krishnamoorthi's opinion piece on banning electronic cigarette sales during the pandemic (FDA can boost the corona...
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COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit

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April 24, 2020
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Read the Toolkit Here COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit We are in the midst of an historic pandemic, and governments are takin...
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Linda Bailey – Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19

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April 16, 2020
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ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19 April 16, 2020 Statement from Linda Bailey, JD, MHS President and CEO...

Chris Bostic – Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19

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April 16, 2020
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ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19 April 16, 2020 Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy...
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Carolyn Dresler – Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights & Tobacco

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April 2, 2020
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ASH Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights and Tobacco April 2, 2020 Statement from Carolyn Dresler, MD, MPA Thank you for joining our webinar discus...
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Sheltering in Place – An Opportunity to Finally Quit Smoking

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March 30, 2020
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By: Dr. Harry Lando, Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy, Acti...
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Coronavirus Update

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March 10, 2020
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Resources on COVID-19 World Health Organization and who is at risk Q&A? WHO FCTC Secretariat's statement on May 4, 2020 Centers f...
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Why I Fight: Marie Hepp

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February 19, 2020
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This is my first memory of grieving the loss of my grandpa, a visual of our family carrying for him. I drew it as a nursing student in 1992 for a hom...
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ASH Discusses Proposed D.C. Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

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January 4, 2020
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On January 2, 2020, ASH staff Liz Furgurson and Chris Bostic (pictured above, second from the right) attended a public hearing of the DC City Coun...

Tobacco 21 is a victory but the war isn’t over

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December 27, 2019
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Tobacco 21 is a victory but the war isn't over In the last two weeks of 2019, as part of its spending bill Congress raised the national minimum age t...
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ASH’s Accomplishments in 2019

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December 10, 2019
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ASH has a three-pronged approach to end the tobacco epidemic. Each program can end the tobacco epidemic on its own, and combined, our programs will ch...
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ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan

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November 26, 2019
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Laurent Huber speaking at the plenary session ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recent...
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Op-Ed by Andrew Hyland, chairman of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

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September 17, 2019
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s recent statement urging New Yorkers to stop using vaping products was both striking and justified. The bizarre lung illnesses t...

Supporter Spotlight: Ray Perkins’ Journey through Local Anti-Smoking Activism

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August 13, 2019
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After working 8 years in the manufacturing industry, in 1972 I became disabled due to exposure to welding fumes and airborne pollutants, causing m...
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Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem

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June 7, 2019
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As we write this, no one is smoking inside of our office. We rode the metro this morning with no one smoking on the train or the platform, and we can ...
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Insight from a 6th Grader in Connecticut

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April 25, 2019
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Below are an essay and video ASH received from a 6th grader known as A.C.R.S. at Weston Middle School in Weston, CT. She argues a strong and well-cite...
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Did Philip Morris International confess to murder?

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March 15, 2019
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Philip Morris Managing Director for the United Kingdom, Peter Nixon, was a guest on Good Morning Britain on March 13, 2019, claiming to want to stop s...

No Legal Right to Smoke

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March 5, 2019
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In our work, we spend a lot of time arguing for people’s rights. The right to be free from targeted advertising by the tobacco industry. The right...

Why I Fight – Pete Gachot

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January 11, 2019
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I figured out the hard way that tobacco is the BIG LIE of our times. Both my parents smoked, as did their parents, and many of my friends. It would ha...

Recap of ASH’s progress in 2018

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December 19, 2018
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We hope you’ve had a healthy and happy 2018. Here at ASH, it’s been a productive year. One thing we are very proud of is how much our small staff of 6...

The Dutch Criminal Case: We’ve lost a battle, but not the war

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December 19, 2018
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One of ASH’s programs seeks to hold tobacco corporations and executives criminally responsible for the deaths and disease caused by their products...

70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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December 10, 2018
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December 10 is international Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human R...

In memoriam of Dr. Caleb Otto

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October 29, 2018
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It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of our friend, mentor and public health hero, Dr. Caleb Otto, former Ambassador from Palau to th...

PMI says they are “designing a smoke-free future,” but their actions speak the real truth

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July 12, 2018
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Recently the Philippines Tobacco Institute, which represents Philip Morris International (PMI), among other tobacco companies, filed two lawsuits agai...
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