Results! Tobacco Treaty Success
The latest round of negotiations for the global tobacco treaty, the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), held in Moscow ended this past Saturday, October 18, 2014. Governmen...
Tobacco Corporations Buy Political Influence
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Megan Arendt
Office: 202-659-4310
Email: arendtm@ash.org
TOBACCO CORPORATIONS BUY POLITICAL INFLUENCE
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In a shot at Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States will not send a delegation to Moscow this month to participate in global health talks that hold major implications for the tobacco and burgeoning...
Big Tobacco abroad: The Trans-Pacific Partnership and the downside to free trade
EXCERPT:
Because the treaty sets minimum standards, Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at Action of Smoking and Health (ASH), told me that the industry has “gone after any country that has pushed the n...
FDA Extends Its Authority Over Tobacco Products & E-Cigarettes, Leaving Loopholes
Statement of ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber
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If New York Mayor Bloomberg has ...