Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program released a new study which reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infections in the airways.
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John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees
John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees
His Leadership in Passing The 1st in the Nation Ban ...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2020
ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry, marketing and selling lethal and addictive products, violates human ri...
Why I Fight: To End Blogs Like This
My mom and her grandchildren
I don’t want to be writing this. It makes it real.
I miss my mom so much; I don’t want it to be real.
I’m Caro...
Human Rights Day 2020
Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th is International Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal ...
National Index Shines a Light on Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking
National Index Shines a Light on Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking
New Report Released by Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Exposes What ...
Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health, on the passing of former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez
Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health, on the passing of former Uruguayan President Tabaré Vázquez
It is...
National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA
National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA and ASH in Lawsuit Against the FDA
Lawsuit seeks to require the FDA to take action on menthol ci...
Finally, the beginning of a paradigm shift that will phase out tobacco use entirely!
Guest Author: Richard A. Daynard
University Distinguished Professor of Law
President, Public Health Advocacy Institute
Northeastern Univeristy Scho...
5 Editorials Released in Tobacco Induced Diseases Journal (TID)
In a COVID-free world, many people in tobacco control would have been at the Hague from 9-14 November 2020 for the Ninth Conference of the Parties (CO...
The Netherlands presents plan to reduce tobacco retail outlets
Guest Blog Author: Daniëlle Arnold, Policy Advisor
Health Funds for a Smokefree Netherlands (previously the Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society)
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Truth Initiative Research on Federal Ban on Menthol Cigarettes
"New Truth Initiative® research shows most adults (56.4%) support a federal ban on menthol cigarettes, the last remaining flavored cigarette still sol...
STOP Partners: New Global Index Shows Aggressive Tobacco Industry Lobbying in 2019 and Exploitation of COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020
Data from 57 Countries Reveal Governments Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Policy From Industry Influence
November 17, 2020
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Publication from the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
November 11, 2020
With COP9 postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco
ASH Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco
November 10, 2020
Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorn...
ASH 2020 Town Hall
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2020 has been a challenging year for a lot of us, but at ASH, we aren’t letting that slow our progress combatting the toba...
Webinars During COP Week 2020
The week of November 9 - 13, 2020 was originally the date for global tobacco control advocates, government representatives, and UN agencies to meet at...
Dolgeville, NY: Retail Environment Tobacco Law
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Public Hearing: January 2019
Effective: April 2019
Local Law #2 of the year 2019
Steps
Have a group of youth educat...
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – time for a civil society equivalent?
"Tobacco company strategies include promoting limited and highly selective information about minimally described and downplayed harms caused by their ...
American Medical Association (AMA) Joins AATCLC & ASH in Lawsuit Against FDA
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) JOINS AATCLC AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA
The Timely Lawsuit Highlights the Lack of Protection Endured by Th...
ASH Live: Human Rights & Cessation
ASH recently co-authored this BMJ Tobacco Control article on using human rights tools to strengthen cessation. To bring this new approach to more peop...
Why I Fight: John’s Dying Wish
The tobacco industry knows that their products kill when used as intended, and yet, they choose to continue to mass produce, market, and sell cigarett...
Tobacco control in the United States: Failure to protect the right to health
ASH published an editorial in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, the official journal of ENSP, the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention....
A Holistic Approach to Human Rights and the Tobacco Epidemic
ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber, Policy Director Chris Bostic, and Managing Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy published an article in the Oxford Unive...