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Joint Statement: The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans

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April 29, 2021
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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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April 21, 2021
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202)390-9513 97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol Action on Smokin...

Tobacco Companies Racially Discriminate Against Minorities

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April 16, 2021
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 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

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April 8, 2021
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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...
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Menthol Marketing Exposes Institutional Racism

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April 6, 2021
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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

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March 31, 2021
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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...
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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on International Women’s Day

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March 8, 2021
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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)

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March 3, 2021
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Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021. ...
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WCTOH – Tobacco and Human Rights

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February 25, 2021
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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

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February 11, 2021
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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

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February 4, 2021
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Author: Anita Renzetti, Project Director, Adult Cessation Services, Bay Area Community Resources, Inc. www.bacr.org @bacrdotorg  My debonair partn...

Mil Gracias for Not Smoking Indoors during COVID-19—Lungs Can Only Take so Much!

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January 21, 2021
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Contact: Cliff Despres (210) 562-6517 despres@uthscsa.edu   By choosing to not smoke indoors, a smoker deserves a thank-you for protecting...
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ASH Statement: U.S. Rejoins the World Health Organization

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January 21, 2021
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Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health Washington, DC - January 21, 2021 - Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)...

WHO FCTC Head of the Secretariat Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo at the UN Human Rights Council

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January 15, 2021
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On January 14, 2021, Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the FCTC Secretariat, presented to the UN Human Rights Council about the connections between...

Why Tobacco Still Matters

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January 13, 2021
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By: Chris Bostic, Policy Director at ASH January 12, 2021 Our national house is on fire. And it’s flooded. And it’s falling into a sinkhole. Focus...
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“Virtually” Anything Is Possible: Anti-Tobacco & Anti-Vaping Instruction

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January 12, 2021
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By: Andrew Martin, School Health Supervisor and Physical Education Supervisor for the Germantown, Tennessee Municipal School District   The...

End of 2020 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

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December 22, 2020
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In February 2020, Kelsey and I had the honor of presenting the human rights dimensions of the tobacco epidemic at the European Conference on Tobacco ...

ASH’s Accomplishments in 2020

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December 11, 2020
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ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry, marketing and selling lethal and addictive products, violates human ri...
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Why I Fight: To End Blogs Like This

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December 10, 2020
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My mom and her grandchildren I don’t want to be writing this.  It makes it real. I miss my mom so much; I don’t want it to be real. I’m Caro...

Human Rights Day 2020

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December 9, 2020
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Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th is International Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal ...

Finally, the beginning of a paradigm shift that will phase out tobacco use entirely!

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December 1, 2020
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Guest Author: Richard A. Daynard University Distinguished Professor of Law President, Public Health Advocacy Institute Northeastern Univeristy Scho...
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5 Editorials Released in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal (TID)

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December 1, 2020
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In a COVID-free world, many people in tobacco control would have been at the Hague from 9-14 November 2020 for the Ninth Conference of the Parties (CO...

The Netherlands presents plan to reduce tobacco retail outlets

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November 23, 2020
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Guest Blog Author: Daniëlle Arnold, Policy Advisor Health Funds for a Smokefree Netherlands (previously the Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society) ...

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco

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November 10, 2020
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ASH Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco November 10, 2020 Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorn...

ASH 2020 Town Hall

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October 27, 2020
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Watch the recording here 2020 has been a challenging year for a lot of us, but at ASH, we aren’t letting that slow our progress combatting the toba...
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