95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 – Today, 95 organizations from around the globe published an open letter to Philip Morris International (PMI) de...
Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations
September 14, 2017
André Calantzopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Philip Morris International
Avenue de Rhodanie 50 1007
Lausanne, Switze...
Philip Morris International Pretends to Care
Philip Morris International announced today that they have pledged $1 billion to work towards a smoke-free world. Some are inclined to greet this anno...
Action Review: Second Quarter Edition 2017
ASH hosted a legal expert group in Geneva
For the first time, an international meeting was held to spread knowledge between the U.S., our colleagues ...
Tobacco Industry Accused of Murder: Criminal Case Against Tobacco Industry, ASH reports
Action on Smoking & Health Draws on “Sick of Smoking’s” Current Legal Challenge Against Tobacco Companies in the Netherlands to Highlight Criminal...
The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens
All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Developmen...
Health in eradicating poverty and promoting prosperity in a changing world
Joint statement from health organizations here>...
2016 Annual Report
ASH recognizes Big Tobacco as the vector of the tobacco epidemic, and we work on several fronts to counter attack their deadly products.
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New Report: Tobacco in America
Americans’ Health Ranks 43rd Globally, Despite Spending Most on Healthcare
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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) unveils re...
The world’s largest tobacco company wanted good press – but it backfired
Re-printed as an English translation with permission from Buzzfeed Germany, original article in German here.
Stop producing or marketing tobacco! Th...
Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights
Action on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should ce...
PMI Befriends Human Rights Org
Read the Press Release that followed this campaign.
Read the sign-on letter to PMI that followed that press release, where 123 organizations in 40+...
Letter to NYC Council
Honorable Corey Johnson, Chair, Health Committee, New York City Council
City Hall, New York, NY 10007
April 25, 2017
Dear Mr. Johnson:
I a...
For an Earth Free of Tobacco Waste
By Yogi Hale Hendlin, PhD, Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education, UCSF
We all know tobacco kills. But few stop to consider how tobacco ...
Hold the Tobacco Industry Responsible for Harming our Global Environment
By Clif Curtis
For decades now, with cigarette sales having increased to more than six trillion in 2016, tobacco producers have refused to accept a...
Trump Administration Ties to Big Tobacco
Smoking has been banned on airplanes since 1990. In California -the first state to implement a smoke-free air law - workplaces, bars, and restaurants ...
International Labour Organization to Consider Severing Ties with the Tobacco Industry
Responding to Mounting Pressure, UN Agency Forced to Address Conflict of Interest
Washington, D.C.—March 14, 2017 – On Wednesday, March 15th, the Int...
Tobacco control: saving lives and driving development
Tobacco use poses an unparalleled health and economic burden worldwide. A new study found that the diseases caused by smoking account for US$ 422 bil...
Business groups, once tobacco-friendly, switch sides in fight
"Smoking isn't just killing us, it's bankrupting us," said Ashli Watts, a spokeswoman with the Chamber of Commerce for Kentucky, where one in four adu...
Federal tobacco control is at risk in the US
The man Donald Trump has chosen to direct health policy for the federal government has close ties to the tobacco industry he will be charged with regu...
World Cancer Day 2017
As we mark World Cancer Day, let's take a moment to envision a day in the future when cancer is no longer ever a death sentence. As our National Cance...
IASLC Statement on Philip Morris’ New Manifesto Highlights the Importance of Tobacco Control
On February 1, 2017, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) issued the following statement:
“According to its own publ...
Monograph: The Economics of Tobacco & Tobacco Contol
This collaborative analysis from the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization is the result of several years' work from noted exper...
Tobacco to be Hidden from Plain Sight in Netherlands Shops
The Dutch government is working on a legislative proposal to ban the visible display of tobacco products, State Secretary Martin van Rijn of Public He...
What’s next in 2017
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 spec...