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Tobacco use is a global epidemic, and the problem is getting worse rapidly as the tobacco industry penetrates the developing world. Here are some sobe...
Tobacco Harmful to Those Who Farm It
Tobacco farming is harmful to the environment and farmworkers, with multinational companies contributing to the problem by exploiting local farmers, n...
ASH calls on President Obama to Immediately Submit FCTC for Ratification, 8 Years After U.S. Signed Agreement
WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 8, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) calls on President Obama to immediately submit the Framework Convention on Tobacco ...
ASH to Attend National Conference on Tobacco or Health
WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 7, 2012)
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) will address global health governance issues impacting the tobacco related epide...
ASH at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) – AUG 15-17, 2012
(Aug. 15-17, 2012 / Kansas City, Mo.)
ASH will be taking part in this year’s National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) as both a presente...
ASH at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health
For someone who had to get involved in tobacco control as relief from seeing patient after patient suffering and dying as a result of their use of tob...
D.C. Circuit Says Big Tobacco Is Still a Threat
(Courthouse News Service) The tobacco industry still is regulated by an injunction born out of a 13-year-old federal lawsuit that bars tobacco compani...
Federal Judge Rules That Tobacco Industry Lawsuit Against FDA Panel Can Go Forward
(CBS/AP) A federal judge has denied a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) motion to dismiss a suit filed by two of the nation's largest cigarette maker...
Tobacco Groups Sue to Block New State Cigarette Taxes
(Chicago Sun Times) Two tobacco-industry trade groups are suing to block recent changes to Illinois’ cigarette tax, signed into law in June to help pl...
Appeals Court Upholds Philip Morris Sanctions
(Reuters) - A federal appeals court on Friday upheld a ruling banning tobacco company Philip Morris USA, a unit of Altria Group Inc, from making false...
NCD Action Plan
WHO has posted a discussion paper on the development of its NCD Action Plan 2013-20 https://who.int/nmh/events/2012/ncd_action_plan/en/index.html Th...
Cigarettes blamed for raging fires in Spain
This Smoke Alarm is quite literal. At least four people have been killed in the Pyrenees as two wildfires blamed on lit cigarettes being tossed fr...
UGANDA: BAT Campaign Smothering Tobacco Law
(The Independent) Uganda is out of step with other East African countries such as Tanzania and Kenya which have enacted tobacco control law. Any avid ...
The Dominican Republic is Suing Australia for Plain Packaging of Cigarettes
The Dominican Republic has filed formal papers to sue Australia in the World Trade Organization over its plain packaging of cigarettes. Australia is n...
INDONESIA: USAID Indonesia Sponsors Cancer & Smoking Lecture
(Jakarta Post) A US scientist says various kinds of cancer are linked to smoking, therefore cancer risk assessments need to focus on reducing tobacco ...
United States Does Not Table its Tobacco Exception at the TransPacific Partnership Negotiations
The United States did not table its tobacco exception at the latest round of TransPacific Partnership negotiations. The issue apparently did not come ...
Canada and Mexico Join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement Talks
Canada and Mexico are set to join the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement talks. They have agreed to accept any provisions that have been agreed befor...
Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP): 13th Round of TPP Negotiations – Jul 2-10, 2012
(July 2-10, 2012 / San Diego, Calif. ) The most recent negotiating round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership took place in San Diego, California from J...
If Tobacco Policy is Protected in TPP, Why is US Proposing a New Exception?
(NZ Week / June 15, 2012) “US plans to table a specific exception of tobacco contradict the government’s reassurances that a Trans-Pacific Partnership...
Tobacco Industry Reports on Revenues
Clearly, even though it kills over 5 million people per year, tobacco remains a very lucrative business. Quoting Warren Buffet: “I’ll tell you why ...
California Tobacco Tax Referendum
During its Presidential primary election, California voters also had the chance to weigh in on a proposed $1/pack tax on cigarettes to fund cancer...
Ratification from Czech Republic
On June 1st 2012 the Czech Republic joined the tobacco treaty, the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control. 177 out of 195 eligible Parties have beco...
WHO: World No Tobacco Day – MAY 31, 2012
(31, May 2012)
This year’s theme for World No Tobacco Day is “Tobacco Industry Interference”. The focus is on the need to expose and counter the...
Reynolds American Inc. in 2012: U.S. Supreme Court Leaves Company with “Massive Liability”
(PHAI Blog) Three key issues were taken up at the 2012 Reynolds American Inc. (RAI) Annual Shareholders Meeting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina on Ma...
