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150 Organizations Worldwide Demand that the Island of La Graciosa Break Its Agreement with Philip Morris

September 9, 2021

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150 Organizations Worldwide Demand that the Island of La Graciosa Break Its Agreement with Philip Morris In a letter to the President of the Spanish Government, the tobacco control community denounces Sp...

Hidden Costs: The Economic Burden of Cigarette Smoking on U.S. Healthcare Spending

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August 31, 2021

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Author: Gabrielle Ballweg, ASH Human Rights Policy and Communications Intern Arguably the most compelling justification for permitting cigarette sales in the U.S. is profit. However, when a U.S. industry inf...

Opposing Goals: The Tobacco Industry vs. Public Health

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August 3, 2021

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Author: Vivienne Brandt, ASH Policy and Communications Intern In 2003, the World Health Organization concluded negotiations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which reaffirmed the right o...

2020 Annual Report

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July 29, 2021

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Click here to read our 2020 Annual Report The year 2020 brought much needed attention to social justice, and placed the right to health front and center in global public health. In a matter of months, we sa...

The Tobacco Industry’s Impact on Child Exploitation Globally

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July 26, 2021

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Author: Mitch Schuster, ASH Policy and Communications Intern The tobacco industry is frequently criticized for its product’s harmful effects on global health, financial security, and manipulative marketing t...

ASH Statement: Thanking the District of Columbia’s Mayor for Signing the Tobacco Product Flavor Ban Bill into Law

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July 22, 2021

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Statement from Action on Smoking and Health Thanking the District of Columbia’s Mayor for Signing the Tobacco Product Flavor Ban Bill into Law WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 22, 2021 – Action on Smoking &am...

Huber Statement: Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born in the 21st Century

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July 19, 2021

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Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking and Health Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born in the 21st Century WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 19, 202...

148 Organizations, Universities, and Cancer Centers Call for an End to Combustible Tobacco Sales

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May 24, 2021

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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 148 Organizations, Universities, and Cancer Centers Call for an End to Combustible Tobacco Sales WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 24, 2021 – Our vision of a...

Letter: 148 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products

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May 21, 2021

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148 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products The lessons learned in 2020 from the bold actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to consider equa...

Report: Cessation, The Right to Health

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May 18, 2021

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Access to Smoking Cessation Support is a Human Right ASH and ICTC Release a Report in Advance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31st Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org | (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – Ma...

Support For U.S. FDA’s Menthol Ban

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April 29, 2021

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There is vast global support for the U.S. to ban menthol cigarettes, as several countries have already done. The University of Bath’s Tobacco Tactics website lists all the other countries that have banne...

Joint Statement: The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans

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April 29, 2021

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The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responds to a lawsuit filed by ASH, AATCLC, AMA, and NMA on Saving Black Lives WASHING...

Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol

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April 29, 2021

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Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol Statement of Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) WASHINGTON, DC – April 29, 2021 –Today, we celebrate with all ...

97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol

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April 21, 2021

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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202)390-9513 97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) leads 97 organizations from around the wo...

Tobacco Companies Racially Discriminate Against Minorities

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April 16, 2021

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Tobacco use disproportionately affects many marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, who have a long and documented history of being aggressively targeted by the tobacco industry. ...

The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH

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April 8, 2021

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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

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April 6, 2021

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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

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March 8, 2021

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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)

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March 3, 2021

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Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021. ...

TID: Educating the public and lawmakers about tobacco industry interference

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February 26, 2021

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Read our joint editorial in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal here>...

WCTOH – Tobacco and Human Rights

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February 25, 2021

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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

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January 21, 2021

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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

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January 5, 2021

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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

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December 22, 2020

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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

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December 17, 2020

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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...