The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH Arendtm April 8, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main phone line forwarding to cell phones. So when the world went ...
Menthol Marketing Exposes Institutional Racism Arendtm April 6, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Blog Author: Michael Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University When it comes to destroying Black lives, no modern American institution can match the tobacco industry. It is...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on International Women’s Day Arendtm March 8, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Today is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the progress that’s been made for women’s rights around the world, and a day to call for much-needed change. Cigarette smoking among women is declining...
ASH Statement for the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) Arendtm March 3, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021. ...
TID: Educating the public and lawmakers about tobacco industry interference Arendtm February 26, 2021 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Read our joint editorial in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal here>...
WCTOH – Tobacco and Human Rights Arendtm February 25, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Written by Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking & Health and WCTOH Advisory Board Member 25 February 2021 In addition to being a Development challenge, the tobacco epidemic is also i...
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...
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, ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
American Medical Association (AMA) Joins AATCLC & ASH in Lawsuit Against FDA Arendtm September 3, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) JOINS AATCLC AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA The Timely Lawsuit Highlights the Lack of Protection Endured by Thousands of African Americans From Mentholated Tobacco Produc...
A Holistic Approach to Human Rights and the Tobacco Epidemic Arendtm June 22, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber, Policy Director Chris Bostic, and Managing Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy published an article in the Oxford University Press: Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 22, Iss...
ASH & AATCLC File Lawsuit Against FDA Arendtm June 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 4 This press release was re-issued on September 3rd and December 3rd, 2020 with the addition of the American Medical Association (AMA) and National Medical Association (NMA) as a co-plantiffs. See the latest news...
Chris Bostic – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want Arendtm June 11, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2 ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want June 11, 2020 Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at ASH The goal of Project Sunset: To phase out the sale of commercial combustible ...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want Arendtm June 11, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 2 ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want June 11, 2020 Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH I wanted to give you all a quick overview of the tobacco treaty- the Framework...
ASH Webinar Series Arendtm June 4, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 6 Read our COVID-19 & Tobacco Policy & Communications Toolkit here ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to fill an information gap that existed. We've continued t...
