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...
The Dutch Criminal Case: We’ve lost a battle, but not the war
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
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
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
Recently the Philippines Tobacco Institute, which represents Philip Morris International (PMI), among other tobacco companies, filed two lawsuits agai...
Remembering our core mission: reducing death and disease
By Laurent Huber, Executive Director
The tobacco control community is at a crossroads. The evidence in unequivocal: the most widely consumed nicoti...
ASH: The Big Picture
2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette ...
Why I Fight: Jane’s Dad
On the Shoulders of a Giant
When I heard the news of 50 newspapers in the USA running full page ads against smoking it was a bitter-sweet moment. Let...
The Bubonic Plague. Polio. Cholera. Smallpox. Malaria. And Tobacco?
We often refer to tobacco as an epidemic. But what does that really mean? And does tobacco-related death and disease really compare to diseases that d...
FINALLY! Corrective Ads Published!
**UPDATE 3** - Beginning on November 26, 2017 the public will begin seeing long-awaited “corrective statements” by the tobacco industry on television ...
Keynote from Sharon Eubanks at ASH’s 50th Anniversary Event
Sharon Eubanks, Former Department of Justice attorney who led the RICO lawsuit
Friends, Deputy Chief Baluga: It is an honor to be asked to say a few...
Philip Morris International Pretends to Care
Philip Morris International announced today that they have pledged $1 billion to work towards a smoke-free world. Some are inclined to greet this anno...
The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens
All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Developmen...
2016 Annual Report
ASH recognizes Big Tobacco as the vector of the tobacco epidemic, and we work on several fronts to counter attack their deadly products.
Read our 20...
For an Earth Free of Tobacco Waste
By Yogi Hale Hendlin, PhD, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UCSF
We all know tobacco kills. But few stop to consider how tobacco ...