Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights Arendtm May 21, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 DaniAction on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should cease “the production and marketing of tobacco.” Read...
Letter to NYC Council Arendtm April 25, 2017 ASH in the News, News & Events Honorable Corey Johnson, Chair, Health Committee, New York City Council City Hall, New York, NY 10007 April 25, 2017 Dear Mr. Johnson: I am writing to support the proposed tobacco legislation that w...
Monograph: The Economics of Tobacco & Tobacco Contol Arendtm January 13, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News This collaborative analysis from the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization is the result of several years' work from noted experts in economics, public health and law. It is the most detai...
What’s next in 2017 Arendtm December 22, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events As the year comes to a close, we would like to take the time to thank all of our donors and allies for your ongoing support, 2017 will be very special, as it marks our 50th year as an organization. In honor ...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm December 19, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms That’s our vision at ASH, a tobacco-free world. This year marks ASH’s 50th anniversary, and we are as committed as ever to end the tobacco epidemic. With your help, we can achieve this vision. Here’s how we...
Statement from Action on Smoking and Health on E-Cigarettes Following the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report: E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults Arendtm December 8, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a new report today, December 8, 2016, that presents research and policy recommendations on electronic cigarettes and their use among adolescents and young adults. ...
ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story Arendtm November 17, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story The World We Need WASHINGTON, D.C. – Novembe...
VANISH Arendtm November 14, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events 1 Every. Six. Seconds. A new tragedy hits as a new person dies from a tobacco-related disease. Each person leaves a hole in our families, communities, and society when they vanish. This is unacceptable. This i...
Tobacco 21: Campaign Case Study Arendtm September 1, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 This case study is intended as a teaching device for municipalities that are just getting started or have already begun working to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21. Read the Case Stud...
Is Vaping Bad For You? Is It Safe? Experts Weigh In Arendtm August 29, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events Laurent Huber, Executive Director of ASH: Combustible tobacco products like cigarettes are extremely toxic, killing approximately 6 million people per year. Given that cigarettes are so ridiculously toxic, ...
Can Poor Countries Combat Big Tobacco Too? ash June 1, 2016 ASH in the News, Feature, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News This year for World No Tobacco Day on May 31 the World Health Organization has recommended that countries adopt plain packaging as a way to reduce tobacco use, however so far mostly only rich countries have bee...
Liability: untapped potential in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control Arendtm April 11, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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. ...
Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights? Arendtm April 5, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 2 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...
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Tobacco Addiction and the Right to Health Arendtm March 29, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, Press Releases 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...
Petition Delivery Arendtm March 22, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events 1 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...
35 Health Groups Urge Congress to Support Trans-Pacific Partnership Provision Protecting Health Measures from Tobacco Industry Attacks Arendtm February 5, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, Related News 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...
New Global Anti-tobacco Leadership Arendtm January 20, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 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,...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber Arendtm December 21, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events 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...
Video Exposé on a Deadly Consumer Product Arendtm November 30, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, Press Releases 1 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 of...
Breaking News Broadcast Arendtm November 10, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 3 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 ...
Breaking: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP ash October 5, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Trade 1 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 – ...
UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Arendtm September 25, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 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...
Big Trade Agreements … Big Tobacco Arendtm September 3, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News 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...
On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible” Arendtm July 15, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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...
#USChamberExposed Arendtm July 6, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 ...
