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...
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...
In Tasmania, Australia last week, a bill was introduced to the Legislative Council that would create a “Tobacco Free Generation.” You can read the dra...
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...
Plain Packaging Should be Universal
Yesterday, Ireland became the first country in Europe and the second country in the world to pass legislation req...
Earlier this year Tel Aviv University’s School of Marketing, under pressure from the Israel Cancer Association, canceled an event sponsored by Philip...
Comedian John Oliver took on Philip Morris International (PMI) Sunday night on his HBO show "Last Week Tonight." ASH Policy Director Chris Bostic was ...
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...
Why charities should not let Big Tobacco use them for marketing.
Earlier this month, a journalist caused a stir among health charities by publicizin...
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...
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...
The ten campaigns that accepted the most tobacco money are listed below. These ten campaigns combined accepted over $500,000 in campaign contributions...
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...
The CDC identifies reducing tobacco as a “Winnable Battle” because tobacco is a public health priority with “large-scale impact on health and with kno...
“Tobacco use alone costs the world 1-2% of its GDP each year,” Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program told the United Na...
In 2013, New York City passed a law (Local Law 1021-A-2013) that sets a minimum price for cigarettes sold in the city. The law also prohibits the use ...
It can be hard for modern Americans to understand the amount of influence and harm US society has suffered as a result of tobacco. It’s easy to see t...