Court Blocks FDA Tobacco Warning Labels Appeal ash December 5, 2012 Featured News & Events, Related News A federal appeals court on Wednesday rejected the government’s request for the full court to hear a case on the Food and Drug Administration’s graphic tobacco warning labels, setting up a potential Supreme Cour...
Big Tobacco’s Abuse of Trade Treaties ash November 30, 2012 Featured News & Events FairWarning uncovers more evidence on how the tobacco industry abuses trade laws to block anti-tobacco measures! Read the full article here>...
Tobacco Control: WHO Director-General Addresses History-Making Conference ash November 12, 2012 Featured News & Events, Related News Dr Margaret Chan Director-General of the World Health Organization Address to the Fifth Session of the Conference of the Parties to the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Seoul, Republic of Kore...
Big Tobacco Buys Big Political Influence ash October 16, 2012 Blog, Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News, Smoke Alarms Money is doled out to both sides of the aisle The tobacco industry has always been a major player in congressional campaigns, but a new online map ( ash.org/map) shows just how pervasive tobacco money is in p...
FIFTH SESSION of the CONFERENCE of THE PARTIES to the WHO FCTC (COP5) – NOV 12-17, 2012 ash September 6, 2012 Events, Featured News & Events 1 (Nov. 12-17, 2012 / Seoul, Korea) The Conference of the Parties (COP) is the governing body of the WHO FCTC and is comprised of all Parties to the Convention. It keeps under regular review the implementation ...
14th Round of TPP Negotiations – SEP 6-15, 2012 ash August 21, 2012 Events, Featured News & Events (Sept. 6-15, 2012/Leesburg, VA) The next negotiating round of the Trans- Pacific Partnership will take place in Leesburg, Virginia from September 6-15, 2012. USTR will be hosting a Direct Stakeholder Engagem...
WHO Welcomes Landmark Decision from Australia’s High Court on Tobacco Plain Packaging Act ash August 15, 2012 Featured News & Events, Related News Statement by WHO Director-General, Dr Margaret Chan 15 August 2012 The World Health Organization (WHO) strongly welcomes the landmark decision from Australia’s High Court to dismiss a legal challenge from t...
Historic Plain Packaging Measure Highlights Need for Stronger Action in U.S. ash August 15, 2012 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Upheld by Australia's Highest Court Historic Measure Highlights Need for Stronger Action in U.S. Yesterday, Australia's highest court found against the tobacco industry and i...
ASH Launches New Website, Brand ash August 10, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 10, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH), one of the nation’s oldest anti-tobacco organizations devoted to the tobacco related epidemic, has launched a new website and brand to reflec...
ASH calls on President Obama to Immediately Submit FCTC for Ratification, 8 Years After U.S. Signed Agreement ash August 7, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 8, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) calls on President Obama to immediately submit the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to the Senate for ratification. The United St...
ASH to Attend National Conference on Tobacco or Health ash August 7, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 7, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) will address global health governance issues impacting the tobacco related epidemic at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health that ope...
ASH at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) – AUG 15-17, 2012 ash August 5, 2012 Events, Featured News & Events (Aug. 15-17, 2012 / Kansas City, Mo.) ASH will be taking part in this year’s National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) as both a presenter and exhibitor. The NCTOH is an important forum for those i...
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): 13th Round of TPP Negotiations – Jul 2-10, 2012 ash July 2, 2012 Events, Featured News & Events (July 2-10, 2012 / San Diego, Calif. ) The most recent negotiating round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in San Diego, California from July 2-10, 2012. Chris Bostic ASH Deputy Director for Policy...
ASH Applauds Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Commitment to the Global Fight Against Tobacco ash March 23, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (March 23, 2012) Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds New York City Mayor and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg, for his unwavering commitment to public health by announcing his continue...
