How Obama’s tobacco tax would drive down smoking rates ash April 11, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News President Obama’s proposal to nearly double the federal tobacco tax would help fund a universal pre-K program. And, if history is any guide, it would likely have a marked impact on driving down the country’s sm...
Obama to announce Tobacco Tax plan for funding Pre K ash April 9, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News California is seen as a shining example of how tobacco taxes can be used to both dissuade smoking and also improve children’s health and readiness for school. Now President Obama is following California’s lead....
Drugs to kick smoking now free by mail except for elderly ash March 29, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News Smoking cessation drugs now are available at no charge through the Tricare Mail Order Program for service members, military family members and retirees under age 65 who want to kick this unhealthy habit. ...
Government changes course on graphic cigarette warnings ash March 20, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News The government has dropped its push for cigarette labels to carry images of diseased lungs and other graphic health warnings, and will craft new anti-smoking ads that do not run afoul of free speech rights. ...
Major Bloomberg Seeks Cigarette Display Ban in Line with Global Standards ash March 19, 2013 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, Related News Just days after a judge rejected Mayor Bloomberg's proposal to ban sales of big soft drinks in New York City, he's now proposing to ban public display of cigarettes for sale. If New York Mayor Bloomberg has ...
Bloomberg Seeks Cigarette Display Ban ash March 18, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News Mayor Michael Bloomberg proposed legislation Monday that would prohibit citywide retailers from showing tobacco products, a proposal that would make New York the first city in the nation to ban cigarette displ...
Florida High Court Upholds Engle Ruling Against Tobacco Companies ash March 18, 2013 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News A Florida Supreme Court decision Thursday is being hailed as a complete victory for smokers who have been litigating against tobacco companies for decades. The opinion preserved anti-tobacco findings from a def...
“A Billion Deaths From Tobacco, A Key Obstacle to Global Development” ash March 5, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News This is just one of many key statements made at last week's conference on "Governance of Tobacco in the 21st Century" held at Harvard's Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Studies. To see some of the powerful me...
C. Everett Koop, Former Surgeon General and Tobacco Control Pioneer, dies at 96 ash February 26, 2013 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News C. Everett Koop, the former surgeon general of the United States who started the government’s public discussion of AIDS during the Reagan administration, died Feb. 25 at his home in Hanover, N.H. He was 96. ...
The Center for Tobacco Products Releases Potential Tobacco Product Violations Report Form ash February 20, 2013 Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News The new form released by the Center for Tobacco Products allows the public to report potential violations of the Tobacco Control Act and its related regulations. In turn this enables the FDA to monitor complian...
Global Tobacco Control Experience – JAN 29, 2013 ash January 28, 2013 Events, Featured News & Events, News & Events (Jan 29, 2013 / Washington, DC) ASH director Laurent Huber has been invited to speak at the Global Tobacco Experience meeting. This CDC and HHS meeting will provide a review of global tobacco control efforts a...
NGOs tell Barroso to remove tobacco lobbyist from ethics commission ash January 15, 2013 Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms Philip Morris lobbyist reappointed to committee that should regulate lobbies and revolving doors policy for commissioners. European transparency groups Corporate European Observatory, Lobby Control, and Corp...
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...
