ASH Statement: The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical Arendtm January 23, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 On January 23, 2020, the...
Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading Arendtm January 21, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading JUULpods’ “5.0% Nicotine Strength” and “3.0% Nicotine Strength” Labels Mislead Consumers About Amount of Nicotine Delivered by Popular...
Tobacco 21 is a victory but the war isn’t over Grayn December 27, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events 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 to purchase tobacco products to 21. This is a big score. Stud...
ASH Statement on Facebook and Instagram Prohibiting Tobacco and E-cigarette Influencer Promotions Arendtm December 20, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement from Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) On December 18, 2019, Facebook (including Instagram) announced that it would no longer allow influencers using its platforms to promote tobacco products, inc...
First long-term study of the health impact of vaping points the way to regulation of all tobacco products Arendtm December 17, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News First long-term study of the health impact of vaping points the way to regulation of all tobacco products Statement by Action on Smoking and Health On December 16, 2019, the first long-term study of e-cigaret...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2019 Arendtm December 10, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 chip away at the tobacco industry from every angle to speed up...
ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan Arendtm November 26, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Laurent Huber speaking at the plenary session ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recently, we were invited to bring this work to Japan. While Ja...
Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market Arendtm November 19, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market Now is the time to act and protect the health of our children November 18, 2019 – We write to express...
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding ILO Decision on Tobacco Funding Arendtm October 31, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Yesterday, October 31st, ASH joined several international groups in calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to reject funding from the tobacco industry. Read our joint letter here. Today, Octob...
Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding Arendtm October 30, 2019 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding View the infographic Bangkok (30 October, 2019)— Global public health groups called on the ILO Governing Body to reject tobacco don...
New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy Arendtm October 9, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Read the Report Here Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy The Tobacco (Including Vaping) Industry ...
The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan Arendtm October 4, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Excerpt: Instead, over the course of 46 days, a deluge of more than 100 tobacco industry lobbyists and small business advocates met with White House officials as they weighed whether to include the ban as pa...
15 Organizations Report to the UN Human Rights Council that the U.S. Fails to Protect the Right to Health Arendtm October 3, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 Read the UPR Submission Here WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 3, 2019 – Today, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in partnership with 14 civil...
Op-Ed by Andrew Hyland, chairman of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Arendtm September 17, 2019 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s recent statement urging New Yorkers to stop using vaping products was both striking and justified. The bizarre lung illnesses that prompted warnings from the governor, the state Departmen...
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding Trump Administration’s Move to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Arendtm September 11, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News WASHINGTON, DC - September 11, 2019 - The Trump administration just announced that it will seek to ban flavored electronic cigarettes. This move follows the news of six mysterious deaths linked to vaping. Actio...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on FDA and Graphic Warning Labels: Glacial and Unwilling, but in the Right Direction Arendtm August 16, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News This week the Food and Drug Administration announced a comment period for a proposed rule to require graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements (pictured above). If this sounds familia...
Supporter Spotlight: Ray Perkins’ Journey through Local Anti-Smoking Activism Arendtm August 13, 2019 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events After working 8 years in the manufacturing industry, in 1972 I became disabled due to exposure to welding fumes and airborne pollutants, causing me to undergo 3 weeks of treatment at Salem (Mass.) Hospital....
ASH at the 2019 Human Rights Council Arendtm August 9, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events ASH staff recently spent time in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations sy...
Joint Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Arendtm July 19, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Feature, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 2019 United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 D...
Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem Arendtm June 7, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 meet friends for dinner tonight where no one will smoke arou...
Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Arendtm June 4, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Ban on Tobacco Sales in Beverly Hills Passed with Unanimous Support WASHINGTON, DC – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 – Late last night, the Beverly...
Media Advisory: What’s Menthol Got to Do with It? Everything (Still)! Arendtm May 20, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Carol McGruder, Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council "For every black man murdered, there are 6-8 dying of tobacco diseases." "We can’t wait until what’s happening with police bru...
Dossier: Tobacco’s big child labour problem Arendtm May 16, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The precise number of children involved in the tobacco industry is unknown but is thought to be in the tens of millions. More than 152m children are engaged in labour, 71 per cent of them in agriculture, ra...
Beverly Hills City Council Meeting – May 7, 2019 Arendtm May 10, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Once again, the Beverly Hills City Council voiced unanimous support for phasing out the sale of tobacco products in their community. Dedicated to the health of their residents, the Council is looking to move sw...
Insight from a 6th Grader in Connecticut Arendtm April 25, 2019 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 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-cited case like a seasoned veteran in our field, simplifying an ...
