Fighting for your Right to Health | CERD Day 2023
Our goal at ASH is to protect everyone from the harms of tobacco. One way we strive to achieve that goal is by reducing health inequities and fighting...
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33 Countries Support Human Rights Based Approach to UN Plastic Pollution Treaty
March 17, 2023 | Geneva, Switzerland
Andres del Castillo of Peru addresses the UN Human Rights Council on behalf of Peru, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Vanuat...
International Women’s Day 2023 | Tobacco’s Impact on Women
Today, 200 million of the world’s one billion people who smoke are women and 2.15 million women die from tobacco use every year. Over 71% of those wom...
Update on ASH Executive Director and 2023 Progress
As of February 13, 2023, ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber, in consultation with the ASH Board of Trustees, began a medical leave of absence throug...
Tobacco Impedes Social Justice
Public health, and more specifically tobacco control, sits at the vortex of many important social issues such as development, human rights, law, and s...
CDC Reports: More Than Half of All Americans Support Ending the Sale of Tobacco Products
CDC Reports: More Than Half of All Americans Support Ending the Sale of Tobacco Products
Research Brief Released in Preventing Chronic Disease
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Governments are getting serious about cancer. They’re starting with tobacco.
February 4th is World Cancer Day. Cancer is the second largest cause of death worldwide, and smoking is the leading cause, directly responsible for 30...
Plastic Pollution INC Stakeholders Meeting | ASH Statement
Oral statement | Action on Smoking and Health | January 31, 2023
Proposed Objective:
To protect future generations from the environmental, health ...
Dr. Carolyn Dresler, 2022 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award Recipient, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees
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Megan Arendt-Manning
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Dr. Carolyn Dresler, 2022 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award Recipient, Joins Action on Smoking...
End of 2022 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber
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The year 2022 has seen incredible milestones when it comes to taking measures to protect our collective right to health and right ...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2022
ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry – producing, marketing, and selling addictive products that kill when u...
A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package
A Global First: New Zealand Passes Tobacco Endgame Bill Package
Changing the Course of the Tobacco Epidemic for the World
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Megan Mann...
Christopher K. Leung Receives Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health
NEW YORK CITY, NY - DECEMBER 8, 2022 - Action on Smoking and Health awarded the Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health to Christopher K. Le...
Synopsis and Prospects: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations
ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic attended the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end plastic...
Day 4: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations
ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...
Day 3: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations
ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...
Day 2: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations
ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...
Day 1: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations
ASH's Policy Director Chris Bostic is attending the first Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-1) of the United Nations treaty to end pla...
UN Treaty on Plastic Pollution
The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has correctly designated cigarette filters as a form of single-use plastic. The Intergovernmental ...
ASH Welcomes Protection from Flavored Tobacco Products in California
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ASH Welcomes Protection from Flavored Tobacco Products in California
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Professor Stephen P. Marks, Harvard Professor Emeritus, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees
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Megan Arendt-Manning
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Professor Stephen P. Marks, Harvard Professor Emeritus, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Boa...
The Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA)
The Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance (STPA) is a global coalition of 101 public health organizations, listed below, who recognize the crucial interse...
2021 Annual Report
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In 2021, despite operating under the global COVID-19 pandemic, ASH implemented numerous programs to accompl...
Decades of Dedication: Dr. Alfred Munzer’s Career in Public Health
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Decades of Dedication: Dr. Alfred Munzer’s Career in Public Health
New Video Commemorates Dr...
Court Dismisses Lawsuit Challenging Brookline, Massachusetts’ Tobacco-Free Generation Law
On October 17, 2022, the Massachusetts Superior Court granted a motion to dismiss filed by the City of Brookline against a lawsuit challenging their T...
