ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19 April 16, 2020 Statement from Linda Bailey, JD, MHS President and CEO, North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) ABOUT NAQC: NAQC is a non-profit organization that works to improve the quality and availability of tobacco cessation quitlines in North
ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19 April 16, 2020 Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at ASH I’m mostly going to focus on the responsibilities of governments in the context of tobacco and COVID-19, and I think it falls into three broad
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Leaving and Halting Funding to the World Health Organization Harms More Than the COVID-19 Response* Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 7, 2020 – On April 14, 2020, President Trump ordered his administration to halt funding to the World
ASH Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights and Tobacco April 2, 2020 Statement from Carolyn Dresler, MD, MPA Thank you for joining our webinar discussion on this important topic. A question that is pertinent to this webinar, is: what is the impact or effect of tobacco use on the diagnosis, treatment
Statement from Action on Smoking and Health The Coronavirus Catch-22 for the Tobacco Industry Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31, 2020 – As governments close non-essential businesses to maximize social distancing, they face the need to decide just what “essential” means. Tobacco should
By: Dr. Harry Lando, Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy, Action on Smoking & Health We are living through extraordinary times, and most of us are being forced to reorder our lives without notice. For many, coronavirus means staying
[Published March 10, 2020 | Last Updated March 16, 2023] COVID-19 Resources Webinars Quit in Quarantine COVID-19 & Tobacco Co-Morbidity NOT Essential During Lockdowns COVID-19 Resources Read more about the impact of COVID-19 on ASH’s work> Resources on COVID-19 “Congruent results from two analytical approaches support a causal effect of
Statement from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) Dutch Parliament Moves to Drastically Reduce Tobacco Sales Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – MARCH 3, 2020 – Earlier today, the Dutch House of Representatives passed a bill designed to significantly reduce the number of retail outlets for
On February 18, 2020, the Manhattan Beach city council voted 4-1 to phase out the sale of all tobacco products in the city, becoming the second U.S. city to do so (after Beverly Hills). The Pasadena city council has asked its staff to draft a similar ordinance, and Hermosa Beach
Statement of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 On January 23, 2020, the Surgeon General released “Smoking Cessation: A Report of the Surgeon General.” Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds the
Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading JUULpods’ “5.0% Nicotine Strength” and “3.0% Nicotine Strength” Labels Mislead Consumers About Amount of Nicotine Delivered by Popular E-Cigarette Product, Complaint Alleges MEDIA CONTACTS: Megan Arendt, 202-659-4310, arendtm@ash.org Rolando A. Andrewn, 202-258-2202, rolando@breathedc.org Washington, D.C. – January 21, 2020 –
On January 2, 2020, ASH staff Liz Furgurson and Chris Bostic (pictured above, second from the right) attended a public hearing of the DC City Council Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, which is considering a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. Watch the recording here. Both gave formal
Tobacco 21 is a victory but the war isn’t over In the last two weeks of 2019, as part of its spending bill Congress raised the national minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21. This is a big score. Studies show that raising the age to 21 reduces smoking.
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) On December 18, 2019, Facebook (including Instagram) announced that it would no longer allow influencers using its platforms to promote tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. This is a welcome development. ASH joined an organizational sign on letter to Facebook and Instagram in
First long-term study of the health impact of vaping points the way to regulation of all tobacco products Statement by Action on Smoking and Health On December 16, 2019, the first long-term study of e-cigarette use was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The results show conclusively that
ASH has a three-pronged approach to end the tobacco epidemic. Each program can end the tobacco epidemic on its own, and combined, our programs will chip away at the tobacco industry from every angle to speed up the end of tobacco-related deaths. We’ve broken down our success in each program,
ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recently, we were invited to bring this work to Japan. While Japan joined the global tobacco treaty (the WHO Framework Conventional on Tobacco Control) in 2004, it is failing to adequately protect the health
Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market Now is the time to act and protect the health of our children November 18, 2019 – We write to express our strong, unified support for President Trump’s proposal, made on September 11, 2019, to swiftly remove
Yesterday, October 31st, ASH joined several international groups in calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to reject funding from the tobacco industry. Read our joint letter here. Today, October 31st, the ILO joined most other multilateral bodies in ostracizing the tobacco industry by voting to reject tobacco industry funding.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding Bangkok (30 October, 2019)— Global public health groups called on the ILO Governing Body to reject tobacco donations and tap tobacco taxes as funding source; as well as to espouse strict regulations on labor standards in order to eliminate
Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy The Tobacco (Including Vaping) Industry Cannot be a Stakeholder in Regulating its Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – OCTOBER 9, 2019 – U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2019, a report published by
Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 3, 2019 – Today, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in partnership with 14 civil society organizations, submitted a report to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process regarding the United
WASHINGTON, DC – September 11, 2019 – The Trump administration just announced that it will seek to ban flavored electronic cigarettes. This move follows the news of six mysterious deaths linked to vaping. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) commends efforts to ban flavors like gummy bear and cotton candy
AUGUST 16, 2019 – This week the Food and Drug Administration announced a comment period for a proposed rule to require graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements (pictured above). If this sounds familiar then you must be at least ten years old, because that’s how long ago Congress
ASH staff recently spent time in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system responsible for strengthening the promotion and protection of human rights around the world. Several of those
