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 led the RICO lawsuit Friends, Deputy Chief Baluga: It is an honor to be asked to say a few...
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...
The world’s largest tobacco company wanted good press – but it backfired Arendtm May 29, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 Arendtm May 21, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 Arendtm May 2, 2017 Featured News & Events, Related News 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 Arendtm April 25, 2017 ASH in the News, News & Events 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 Arendtm April 22, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events 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 Arendtm April 21, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events 1 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 Arendtm March 28, 2017 News & Events 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 Arendtm March 13, 2017 Featured News & Events, Press Releases 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 Arendtm February 28, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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...
