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Liability: untapped potential in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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April 11, 2016
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ASH Policy Director Chris Bostic, Richard Daynard, and Tamar Lawrence-Samuel (Corporate Accountability International) shed some light on the untapped potential in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. ...
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Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights?

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April 5, 2016
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights? Inter-American Commission Ponders Question WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 6, 2016...
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Tobacco Addiction and the Right to Health

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March 29, 2016
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: ASH: Megan Arendt / ArendtM@ash.org O’Neill Institute: Karen Teber / Km463@georgetown.edu FIC Argentina: Patricia Gutkowski/ prensa@ficargentina.org WASHINGTON, DC...
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Petition Delivery

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March 22, 2016
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ASH joins allies to demand that the U.S. Department of Justice open an investigation on British American Tobacco (BAT)'s alleged corruption in East Africa. L - R: Abby McGill (International Labor Rights Fo...
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35 Health Groups Urge Congress to Support Trans-Pacific Partnership Provision Protecting Health Measures from Tobacco Industry Attacks

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February 5, 2016
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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the United States and 11 other countries prepare to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement later today, 35 leading public health and medi...
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New Global Anti-tobacco Leadership

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January 20, 2016
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Email: arendtm@ash.org New Global Anti-tobacco Leadership After twelve years of success, ASH passes FCA baton to HealthBridge WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 20,...
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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

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December 21, 2015
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Making Priorities into our Reality This year has been one filled with milestones for the public health and tobacco control communities. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that will replace the Mille...
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Video Exposé on a Deadly Consumer Product

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November 30, 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt, 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Video Exposé on a Deadly Consumer Product Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) releases parody video exposing #1 cause o...
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Breaking News Broadcast

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November 10, 2015
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Download Press Kit Here> An exposé on one product causing death worldwide As you saw in the video, Big Tobacco uses their super villain tactics to market and sell a deadly consumer product. Here are ...
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Breaking: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP

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October 5, 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP, Major Victory for Public Health Removes New Weapon for Tobacco Industry WASHINGTON, DC – ...
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UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer

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September 25, 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at UN Summi...
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Big Trade Agreements … Big Tobacco

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September 3, 2015
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By Chris Bostic, for Health and Trade Network As the role of tobacco companies in trade agreements on both sides of the Atlantic has been highlighted by a series of controversial events in recent weeks, this...
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On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible”

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July 15, 2015
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When ASH first began its post-2015 UN development agenda campaign in 2013, it was perceived as nearly impossible to integrate tobacco control into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), let alone the Fina...
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#USChamberExposed

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July 6, 2015
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On June 30, 2015, The New York Times released a tiered investigation to expose the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) affiliates as a front group for Big Tobacco. The New ...
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Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH

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June 24, 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Calls on President Obama to...
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International Smoke-free Air Successes

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June 16, 2015
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Many Americans view smoking, and secondhand smoke, as a problem that has mostly been solved, at least in the United States. However, only half of all Americans are protected from exposure to secondhand smoke...
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Trade Threats to Tobacco Control

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May 13, 2015
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ASH releases analysis of trade threats to U.S. domestic tobacco control policies. ...
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Hillary pressed to take on Big Tobacco

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April 20, 2015
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Public health groups are urging newly minted Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton to follow in her husband’s footsteps and take on Big Tobacco. The calls for Clinton to make the issue part of he...
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ASH participates in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2015

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March 16, 2015
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This week, several representatives of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) will be attending the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi. WCTOH is a five-day scientific conference where presenters hig...
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Statement from Executive Director on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies

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February 25, 2015
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Smoke-free in the Skies, but not on the Ground Just 25 years ago, smoking was a pervasive norm. People could smoke at work, in restaurants, and even on airplanes. Non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke ...
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Statement from ASH on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies

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February 24, 2015
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The absence of smoking on commercial airliners is something we all now take for granted. But it wasn’t always that way. The ban on smoking was the culmination of years of effort by many individuals and public ...
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John Oliver takes on tobacco industry

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February 16, 2015
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Last Week Tonight with John Oliver exposed Big Tobacco's international bullying tactics to target new and existing customers with their deadly products. ASH supported their researchers in putting together th...
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Exclusive: American Red Cross Pressured To Rid Itself of Tobacco Money

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January 7, 2015
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New York (Reuters) - The American Red Cross risks damaging the reputation of the global Red Cross brand because of its refusal to stop accepting donations from tobacco companies, a top official with the humanit...
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Uruguay Presents Defense Against Philip Morris Tobacco Lawsuit

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November 13, 2014
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Uruguay has presented a 500 page document to defend itself against an international lawsuit challenging the country's tough tobacco packaging regulations. The claim was brought by Philip Morris, the global toba...
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32 Schools “Free From Tobacco Money”

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November 12, 2014
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org ASH CERTIFIES 32 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES “FREE FROM TOBACCO MONEY” In Honor of Their Divestment from Tobacco...
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