Add your name to the Cape Town Declaration Arendtm May 29, 2018 Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News 3 ...
CNCT – Filtergate: opening of a preliminary investigation Arendtm May 4, 2018 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Translated by CNCT from their French release here. Following the filing of a complaint by the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) for endanger...
Action Review: First Quarter Edition 2018 ash April 10, 2018 E-Newsletter, News & Events 1 Tobacco as a Human Rights Violation If you didn’t see it this past week, here’s our video explaining tobacco as a human rights violation. With yester...
Statement from FDA Commissioner to dramatically reduce smoking rates by lowering nicotine in combustible cigarettes ash March 15, 2018 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News When I returned to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year, it was immediately clear that tackling tobacco use – and cigarette smoking in part...
Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm March 9, 2018 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2 Read the PDF Tobacco is increasingly being recognized globally as a human rights challenge. This is reflected by the Cape Town Declaration on Human...
Dutch Prosecutor Rejects Tobacco Criminal Case; Many Arguments for Appeal Exist Arendtm February 22, 2018 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 22, 2018 – We are disappointed in the Dutch ...
Tobacco firms in France cheated nicotine tests: anti-smoking body Arendtm February 14, 2018 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Four tobacco companies operating in France manipulated tests to conceal the real level of nicotine and tar contained in cigarettes, endangering the li...
Netherlands Cancer Institute files a report against tobacco manufacturers Arendtm February 2, 2018 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is the first hospital/research institution in the Netherlands to file a report in the ongoing criminal case aga...
ASH: The Big Picture Arendtm December 19, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette ...
Why I Fight: Jane’s Dad Arendtm December 14, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events On the Shoulders of a Giant When I heard the news of 50 newspapers in the USA running full page ads against smoking it was a bitter-sweet moment. Let...
The Bubonic Plague. Polio. Cholera. Smallpox. Malaria. And Tobacco? Arendtm December 14, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events We often refer to tobacco as an epidemic. But what does that really mean? And does tobacco-related death and disease really compare to diseases that d...
Let’s Get Rid of Cigarettes Arendtm December 5, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases A World Where Cigarettes are No Longer Sold for Profit is Within Reach Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310 WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 6, 2017 –...
FINALLY! Corrective Ads Published! Arendtm November 20, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 2 **UPDATE 3** - Beginning on November 26, 2017 the public will begin seeing long-awaited “corrective statements” by the tobacco industry on television ...
Keynote from Sharon Eubanks at ASH’s 50th Anniversary Event Arendtm October 27, 2017 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Sharon Eubanks, Former Department of Justice attorney who lead the RICO lawsuit Friends, Deputy Chief Baluga: It is an honor to be asked to say a fe...
Report on 50 Years Arendtm October 23, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 659 – 4310 arendtm@ash.org A Future with ZERO Tobacco Deaths ASH Releases Report on 50 Years of Fighting Cli...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on new PMI Foundation Arendtm October 17, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases On September 13, a new chapter in the struggle against tobacco began with a surprise announcement. Philip Morris International, a multinational giant ...
95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 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 Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events 2 September 14, 2017 André Calantzopoulos Chief Executive Officer Philip Morris International Avenue de Rhodanie 50 1007 Lausanne, Switze...
Philip Morris International Pretends to Care Arendtm September 13, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events 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 July 20, 2017 E-Newsletter, News & Events 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 Arendtm July 17, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 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 Arendtm July 17, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events 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 Arendtm July 12, 2017 News & Events Joint statement from health organizations here>...
2016 Annual Report Arendtm June 9, 2017 ASH in the News, Blog, News & Events, Related News 1 ASH recognizes Big Tobacco as the vector of the tobacco epidemic, and we work on several fronts to counter attack their deadly products. Read our 20...
New Report: Tobacco in America Arendtm May 30, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 Americans’ Health Ranks 43rd Globally, Despite Spending Most on Healthcare Read the Full Report Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) unveils re...
