What if Tobacco Vanished?
Cigarettes have been commercially marketed and sold in the United States for over 100 years. The negative health effects of tobacco have been public k...
New HUD Rule on Smokefree Public Housing
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ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story
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Contact: Megan Arendt
Office: 202-659-4310
Email: arendtm@ash.org
ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the ...
VANISH
Every. Six. Seconds. A new tragedy hits as a new person dies from a tobacco-related disease. Each person leaves a hole in our families, communities, a...
RJ Reynolds Can’t Make Up Its Mind
In California, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to prevent a new tax on cigarettes. But in Missouri, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to promote a new...
U.S. Campaign Contributions 2016
The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem. Almost 600,000 Americans die every year from tobacco related diseases. This death and disease is...
ASH Environmental Webinar Recap
When we think of tobacco, a lot of health issues immediately spring to mind – lung cancer, throat cancer, cardiovascular disease, tooth decay, asthma....
Action Review: 3rd Quarter 2016
Uruguay’s Victory Over Philip Morris Will Change the World
After more than six years of litigation, the International Centre fo...
Tobacco 21: Campaign Case Study
This case study is intended as a teaching device for municipalities that are just getting started or have already begun working to raise the minimum a...
Is Vaping Bad For You? Is It Safe? Experts Weigh In
Laurent Huber, Executive Director of ASH:
Combustible tobacco products like cigarettes are extremely toxic, killing approximately 6 million people ...
10th Anniversary of Landmark Ruling
On August 17, 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued an historic ruling. Nearly 7 years after the case was first filed, Judge Kessler issued ...
Who really won the legal battle between Philip Morris and Uruguay?
The David-Goliath battle between Uruguay and Philip Morris is an iconic case because it so clearly illustrates the way corporations can use internatio...
WHO Resources on NCDs
The World Health Organization (WHO) is seeking to better assist progress toward the non-communicable disease (NCD) reduction targets endorsed by gover...
No Safe Use of Tobacco
Tasmania, an Australian island off the Southern coast, is considering an historic step for tobacco control. The Legislative Council is currently consi...
Uruguay Wins Its Tobacco Case Against Philip Morris International
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Contact: Megan Arendt
Office: 202-659-4310
Email: arendtm@ash.org
STATEMENT BY LAURENT HUBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF...
Age to buy tobacco in Chicago increasing to 21 this week
CHICAGO (AP) — The minimum age in Chicago for buying cigarettes and other tobacco products goes up to 21 at the end of the week.
The city on Friday...
Imperial Tobacco’s Global Director of Corporate Affairs on Plain Packaging
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Bill to raise legal smoking age to 21 in Guam passes
Guam lawmakers Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing the island’s rate of tobacco users by increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco-related...
Action Review: 2nd Quarter 2016
Just Released: ASH Annual Report 2015
“In the nearly 50 years since ASH started taking action, 2015 stands out as one of our most successful. I t...
A growing gulf in the terrain of tobacco control
The theme for World No Tobacco Day on May 31, an annual initiative of WHO and the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), i...
Can Poor Countries Combat Big Tobacco Too?
This year for World No Tobacco Day on May 31 the World Health Organization has recommended that countries adopt plain packaging as a way to reduce tob...
World No Tobacco Day: Taking Steps to Save Lives
By: Jimmy Kolker, HHS Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs
Summary:
Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the...
ASH Statement of Support for Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA)
ASH Statement of Support for Southeast Asia Tobacco Control Alliance (SEATCA)
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a Washington, DC based ...
Tony Gwynn’s Family Sues Tobacco Industry, Seeking Recourse Over Fatal Habit
The family of Tony Gwynn, a baseball Hall of Famer who died of salivary gland cancer in 2014, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday against the tobacc...