Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading Arendtm January 21, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading JUULpods’ “5.0% Nicotine Strength” and “3.0% Nicotine Strength” Labels Mis...
ASH Discusses Proposed D.C. Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products Arendtm January 4, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 Coun...
Tobacco 21 is a victory but the war isn’t over Grayn December 27, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events 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 t...
ASH Statement on Facebook and Instagram Prohibiting Tobacco and E-cigarette Influencer Promotions Arendtm December 20, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Statement from Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) On December 18, 2019, Facebook (including Instagram) announced that it would no longer allow infl...
First long-term study of the health impact of vaping points the way to regulation of all tobacco products Arendtm December 17, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 ...
ASH’s Accomplishments in 2019 Arendtm December 10, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 ch...
ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan Arendtm November 26, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Laurent Huber speaking at the plenary session ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recent...
Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market Arendtm November 19, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market Now is the time to act and protect the hea...
Cessation Arendtm November 14, 2019 News & Events "Relying on willpower alone, however, is not likely to be successful. Research over the past 25 years has shown that, out of 100 people trying to quit...
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding ILO Decision on Tobacco Funding Arendtm October 31, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Yesterday, October 31st, ASH joined several international groups in calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to reject funding from the t...
Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding Arendtm October 30, 2019 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding View the infographic Bangkok (30 October, 2019)— Global public health g...
ASH Supporter Survey Arendtm October 30, 2019 News & Events We want to ensure we're contacting you on your preferred platform and getting you all the best information on ASH and our field to meet your interests...
New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy Arendtm October 9, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Read the Report Here Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Pu...
The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan Arendtm October 4, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Excerpt: Instead, over the course of 46 days, a deluge of more than 100 tobacco industry lobbyists and small business advocates met with White Hous...
15 Organizations Report to the UN Human Rights Council that the U.S. Fails to Protect the Right to Health Arendtm October 3, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 Read the UPR Submission Here WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 3, 2019 – Today, Acti...
Op-Ed by Andrew Hyland, chairman of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center Arendtm September 17, 2019 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s recent statement urging New Yorkers to stop using vaping products was both striking and justified. The bizarre lung illnesses t...
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding Trump Administration’s Move to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes Arendtm September 11, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News WASHINGTON, DC - September 11, 2019 - The Trump administration just announced that it will seek to ban flavored electronic cigarettes. This move follo...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on FDA and Graphic Warning Labels: Glacial and Unwilling, but in the Right Direction Arendtm August 16, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News This week the Food and Drug Administration announced a comment period for a proposed rule to require graphic health warnings on cigarette packages...
Supporter Spotlight: Ray Perkins’ Journey through Local Anti-Smoking Activism Arendtm August 13, 2019 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events After working 8 years in the manufacturing industry, in 1972 I became disabled due to exposure to welding fumes and airborne pollutants, causing m...
ASH at the 2019 Human Rights Council Arendtm August 9, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events ASH staff recently spent time in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Counci...
Joint Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General Arendtm July 19, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Feature, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 201...
ASH’s Q2 Newsletter Arendtm July 3, 2019 News & Events After a strong 1st quarter with our Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World in Romania, our 2nd quarter proved to also be extremely ...
Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem Arendtm June 7, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News As we write this, no one is smoking inside of our office. We rode the metro this morning with no one smoking on the train or the platform, and we can ...
Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Arendtm June 4, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Ban on Tobacco Sales in Beverly Hills Passed with Unanimous Support WASHINGTON,...
