A Holistic Approach to Human Rights and the Tobacco Epidemic
ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber, Policy Director Chris Bostic, and Managing Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy published an article in the Oxford Unive...
Chris Bostic – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want
ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want
June 11, 2020
Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at ASH
The goal of Proj...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want
ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want
June 11, 2020
Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH
I wanted to give y...
ASH Webinar Series
Read our COVID-19 & Tobacco Policy & Communications Toolkit here
ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 202...
Essay from Atul, a 10th Grade Student in Chennai, India
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...
Response: States Can Stop Selling Cigarettes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
I read with interest Representative Krishnamoorthi's opinion piece on banning electronic cigarette sales during the pandemic (FDA can boost the corona...
COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit
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...
Linda Bailey – Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19
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
ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy...
Carolyn Dresler – Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights & Tobacco
ASH Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights and Tobacco
April 2, 2020
Statement from Carolyn Dresler, MD, MPA
Thank you for joining our webinar discus...
Sheltering in Place – An Opportunity to Finally Quit Smoking
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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Resources on COVID-19
"Congruent results from two analytical approaches support ...
Why I Fight: Marie Hepp
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...
ASH Discusses Proposed D.C. Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products
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
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...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2019
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...
ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan
Laurent Huber speaking at the plenary session
ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recent...
Op-Ed by Andrew Hyland, chairman of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center
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
After working 8 years in the manufacturing industry, in 1972 I became disabled due to exposure to welding fumes and airborne pollutants, causing m...
Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem
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 ...
Insight from a 6th Grader in Connecticut
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...
Did Philip Morris International confess to murder?
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
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
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
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...
