Mil Gracias for Not Smoking Indoors during COVID-19—Lungs Can Only Take so Much! Arendtm January 21, 2021 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Contact: Cliff Despres (210) 562-6517 despres@uthscsa.edu By choosing to not smoke indoors, a smoker deserves a thank-you for protecting their family, friends, and neighbors from secondhand smoke,...
ASH Statement: U.S. Rejoins the World Health Organization Arendtm January 21, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health Washington, DC - January 21, 2021 - Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds President Biden for rejoining the World Health Org...
WHO FCTC Head of the Secretariat Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo at the UN Human Rights Council Arendtm January 15, 2021 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News On January 14, 2021, Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the FCTC Secretariat, presented to the UN Human Rights Council about the connections between tobacco, Covid-19, and the development agenda. Watch her pr...
Why Tobacco Still Matters Arendtm January 13, 2021 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events By: Chris Bostic, Policy Director at ASH Our national house is on fire. And it’s flooded. And it’s falling into a sinkhole. Focusing on a broken window right now would be ludicrous. The same might be said...
“Virtually” Anything Is Possible: Anti-Tobacco & Anti-Vaping Instruction Arendtm January 12, 2021 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News By: Andrew Martin, School Health Supervisor and Physical Education Supervisor for the Germantown, Tennessee Municipal School District The Covid-19 pandemic has done no favors to the world of educat...
Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California Make History for Public Health Arendtm January 5, 2021 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California Make History for Public Health Their Ordinances to Ban the Sale of Commercial Tobacco are in Effect Today Media Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 390 – 9513 SACRAMEN...
End of 2020 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber Arendtm December 22, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 or Health (ECTOH) in Berlin, Germany. Twelve months ago, ...
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways Arendtm December 22, 2020 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program released a new study which reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infections in the airways. Read more here>...
John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees Arendtm December 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees His Leadership in Passing The 1st in the Nation Ban on the Sale of Tobacco Products Will Save Lives Media Conta...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2020 Arendtm December 11, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry, marketing and selling lethal and addictive products, violates human rights. As such, we carry out 4 key areas of work: (1) Phasi...
Why I Fight: To End Blogs Like This Arendtm December 10, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 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 Carol. My mom died of cancer caused by a lifetime of smoking. Sh...
Human Rights Day 2020 Arendtm December 9, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th is International Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document s...
National Index Shines a Light on Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking Arendtm December 8, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 National Index Shines a Light on Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking New Report Released by Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Exposes What Tobacco Industry Wants Ignored Media Contact: Megan Arendt...
Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health, on the passing of former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez Arendtm December 7, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health, on the passing of former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez It is with a heavy heart that we note the passing of former Urugu...
National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA Arendtm December 3, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA and ASH in Lawsuit Against the FDA Lawsuit seeks to require the FDA to take action on menthol cigarettes Media Contacts: AATCLC: Tracy Brown, 888-881-6619...
Finally, the beginning of a paradigm shift that will phase out tobacco use entirely! Arendtm December 1, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Author: Richard A. Daynard University Distinguished Professor of Law President, Public Health Advocacy Institute Northeastern Univeristy School of Law On November 19, 2020 the representative town me...
5 Editorials Released in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal (TID) Arendtm December 1, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 (COP9) of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC...
The Netherlands presents plan to reduce tobacco retail outlets Arendtm November 23, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Blog Author: Daniëlle Arnold, Policy Advisor Health Funds for a Smokefree Netherlands (previously the Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society) On Friday, November 20, 2020, the Dutch governme...
Truth Initiative Research on Federal Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Arendtm November 18, 2020 Featured News & Events, Related News "New Truth Initiative® research shows most adults (56.4%) support a federal ban on menthol cigarettes, the last remaining flavored cigarette still sold in the U.S. that has long been marketed to Black Americans...
STOP Partners: New Global Index Shows Aggressive Tobacco Industry Lobbying in 2019 and Exploitation of COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 Arendtm November 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Data from 57 Countries Reveal Governments Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Policy From Industry Influence November 17, 2020 Read the full press release and global report from the STOP Partners and the G...
Publication from the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC Arendtm November 12, 2020 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News November 11, 2020 With COP9 postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) released this new publication: Global Strategy to A...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco Arendtm November 10, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 3 ASH Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco November 10, 2020 Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH Article 19: How it has been utilized, how...
ASH 2020 Town Hall Arendtm October 27, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Events, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 tobacco epidemic. Much of our work is bolstered by partner and c...
Webinars During COP Week 2020 Arendtm October 22, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Events, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 The week of November 9 - 13, 2020 was originally the date for global tobacco control advocates, government representatives, and UN agencies to meet at the Hague in the Netherlands to participate in the biannual...
Dolgeville, NY: Retail Environment Tobacco Law Arendtm October 20, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Click here for PDF Public Hearing: January 2019 Effective: April 2019 Local Law #2 of the year 2019 Steps Have a group of youth educated and engaged in tobacco control Work with the municipal...
