Tobacco farmers are a pawn in the TPP game Arendtm August 17, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events But tobacco farmers are not part of the game Mitch McConnell and other pro-tobacco politicians have become very vocal over the past two weeks in the...
On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible” Arendtm July 15, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News When ASH first began its post-2015 UN development agenda campaign in 2013, it was perceived as nearly impossible to integrate tobacco control into the...
A Victory for Standardized Packaging Arendtm June 23, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Earlier this month, the Australian Bureau of Statistics released figures showing that tobacco and cigarette consumption in Australia have dropped dram...
International Smoke-free Air Successes Arendtm June 16, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Many Americans view smoking, and secondhand smoke, as a problem that has mostly been solved, at least in the United States. However, only half of a...
Tobacco & Human Rights in Latin America Arendtm June 2, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 1 An article written by ASH Staff Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy was recently published in the American Bar Association’s “International Law News.” The a...
#StopMarlboro Arendtm May 13, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Marlboro’s “Be Marlboro” campaign is in the news again - this time because of a copyright claim. #JeffWeCan Flash Mob in Times Square Since 20...
Tobacco Taxes are Front & Center in Influential Post-2015 Report! Arendtm April 27, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events The UN’s post-2015 development goal process is still in full swing. Member states have spent the last week discussing ways to finance the new Sustaina...
Earth Day 2015 – The Unforeseen Consequences of Tobacco Arendtm April 20, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms Most people view cigarettes as a health problem, but they are a huge environmental problem as well. The entire life cycle of a cigarette has an impact...
Tobacco Free Generation Arendtm April 9, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 2 In Tasmania, Australia last week, a bill was introduced to the Legislative Council that would create a “Tobacco Free Generation.” You can read the dr...
We’re Almost There! Arendtm April 1, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events In the past two and half years, ASH has been working to ensure that tobacco control is included in the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Th...
Time for the New “Normal” in Tobacco Packaging Arendtm March 3, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Plain Packaging Should be Universal Yesterday, Ireland became the first country in Europe and the second country in the world to pass legislation req...
#StopTobaccoTactics Arendtm March 3, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events Earlier this year Tel Aviv University’s School of Marketing, under pressure from the Israel Cancer Association, canceled an event sponsored by Philip...
John Oliver Gives PMI a Lesson in Marketing Arendtm February 16, 2015 Blog 1 Comedian John Oliver took on Philip Morris International (PMI) Sunday night on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight." ASH Policy Director Chris Bostic was ...
Increasing the Minimum Age Arendtm February 5, 2015 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In the past few years, several localities have increased the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21. The first to increase the minimum sales age to...
“We Have an Opportunity to Change History” Arendtm January 29, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events “Health must become a priority. The time is now,” said global tobacco control advocates in the Framework Convention Alliance video. They emphasize...
Dirty Money Arendtm January 19, 2015 Blog Why charities should not let Big Tobacco use them for marketing. Earlier this month, a journalist caused a stir among health charities by publicizin...
Why I Fight: Garret Mathews Arendtm January 13, 2015 Blog I watched Mom die from smoking-induced lung cancer. I wrote the piece because I want folks to know that even smoking only a few cigarettes a day can b...
Legal Victories in U.S. Tobacco Control 2014 Arendtm December 29, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Several cities raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 Increasing the minimum age is very important because 95% of smokers sta...
Progress in ASH’s Post-2015 Program Arendtm December 22, 2014 Blog We’re almost there. This year, tobacco control was included in several key United Nations (UN) documents that will change our future. We know that ...
Legal Victories in International Tobacco Control 2014 Arendtm December 16, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Philip Morris International was fined in Brazil for targeting youth The consumer protection agency from the Brazilian state of São Paulo has f...
Good Enough Isn’t. Arendtm December 9, 2014 Blog An ISDS carve-out in the TPPA would be good for tobacco control, but not good enough. There has been some scuttlebutt in trade circles over the pas...
Education before Tobacco Profits Arendtm November 4, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms The most recent data shows that the tobacco industry spent more than $1 million a day sponsoring events and giveaways that target college students. To...
Where do your candidates stand on tobacco contributions? ash October 12, 2014 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms The ten campaigns that accepted the most tobacco money are listed below. These ten campaigns combined accepted over $500,000 in campaign contributions...
U.S. Campaign Contributions 2014 Arendtm October 6, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms Annually, the tobacco industry contributes over $1.6 million to federal candidates and spends approximately $16.6 million lobbying Congress. This m...
Tobacco Deaths & Taxes Arendtm September 30, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In the past, the United States has been a leader in tobacco control. For the last 15 years, though, the U.S. has been falling behind as other countrie...
