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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World

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December 19, 2016
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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

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December 8, 2016
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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

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November 17, 2016
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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

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November 14, 2016
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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...
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Tobacco 21: Campaign Case Study

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September 1, 2016
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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...
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Is Vaping Bad For You? Is It Safe? Experts Weigh In

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August 29, 2016
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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, ...
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Can Poor Countries Combat Big Tobacco Too?

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June 1, 2016
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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...
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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 of...
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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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