Plain Packaging for Tobacco Will Become the Global Norm Arendtm March 12, 2015 Featured News & Events, Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org PLAIN PACKAGING FOR TOBACCO WILL BECOME THE GLOBAL NORM But will the U.S. be last? WASHINGTON, D.C. – March 1...
Statement from Executive Director on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies Arendtm February 25, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Smoke-free in the Skies, but not on the Ground Just 25 years ago, smoking was a pervasive norm. People could smoke at work, in restaurants, and even on airplanes. Non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke ...
Statement from ASH on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies Arendtm February 24, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases The absence of smoking on commercial airliners is something we all now take for granted. But it wasn’t always that way. The ban on smoking was the culmination of years of effort by many individuals and public ...
32 Schools “Free From Tobacco Money” Arendtm November 12, 2014 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org ASH CERTIFIES 32 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES “FREE FROM TOBACCO MONEY” In Honor of Their Divestment from Tobacco...
Tobacco Corporations Buy Political Influence Arendtm October 8, 2014 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org TOBACCO CORPORATIONS BUY POLITICAL INFLUENCE Big Tobacco Contributes Over $1.6 Million Annually to Federal Can...
A Half Century of Avoidable Death Arendtm June 3, 2014 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org A HALF CENTURY OF AVOIDABLE DEATH New Report Offers a Global Perspective on Tobacco in America WASHINGTON, D....
ASH Certifies 193 Members of Congress “Free from Tobacco Money” Arendtm May 29, 2014 News & Events, Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org WASHINGTON, D.C. – May 29, 2014 – Action on Smoking & Health (ASH), an organization devoted to creating a worl...
FDA Extends Its Authority Over Tobacco Products & E-Cigarettes, Leaving Loopholes Arendtm April 24, 2014 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases Statement of ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) proposed new rules that will extend its regulatory authority to include electronic cigarettes as well as cigar...
Using Tinder for Good Arendtm April 14, 2014 Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Tinder Experiment Tests if Smoking is Hot Would you date a smoker? How about give them a right swipe? Action...
Only a Blanket Exemption for Tobacco Will Suffice in the TPP ash February 21, 2014 Press Releases Exceptions leave too many openings for aggressive tobacco companies WASHINGTON, DC. 21 February – Negotiators of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement are currently meeting in Singapore in the hopes of...
CVS Quits: This is the right thing to do ash February 5, 2014 Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Washington, DC 5 February - In a statement to Bustle news outlet ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber had the following to say about the recent CVS decision: I don’t have any insight in CVS’ decision beyond...
Global Side of SG Report from Today ash January 17, 2014 Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Washington, DC 17 January - At a White House event today, public health officials and advocates recognized the 50th anniversary of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health. The original report, s...
Public Health Groups Agree: Carve Tobacco Out of Trade ash December 5, 2013 Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News December 5, 2013 Ambassador Michael Froman Office of the United States Trade Representative 600 17th Street NW Washington, DC 20508 Dear Ambassador Froman: We seek your explicit commitment tha...
Malaysia lauded for seeking to exclude tobacco in trade pact ash August 26, 2013 Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Washington, DC 26 August - Tobacco control advocates from over 20 different countries lauded Malaysia for its announcement to exclude tobacco from the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP). The TPP is a fre...
Obama Goes to Bat for Big Tobacco in TPP ash August 19, 2013 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC 19 August – The Obama Administration has backed down from a proposal revealed 15 months ago to protect health from Big Tobacco under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the pending free trade ag...
WTO Decision Forces U.S. Hand on Menthol Cigarettes ash July 24, 2013 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News U.S. will comply with WTO decision by moving to ban menthol additives GENEVA, SWITZERLAND 24 July – Yesterday the U.S. laid out its plan to come into compliance with a WTO dispute settlement panel fi...
WHO Report Demonstrates Need for Higher Tobacco Taxes ash July 10, 2013 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases Most effective measure is the most under-utilized WASHINGTON, DC. 10 July – A report released today by the World Health Organization concludes that tax and price measures are the “least-achieved” of a global m...
World No Tobacco Day 2013: Protecting Public Health Requires Global Effort ash May 30, 2013 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News TOBACCO INDUSTRY RELENTLESSLY UNDERMINING ADVERTISING BANS WASHINGTON, DC. 30 May – The days of actors dressing up as doctors to promote cigarette brands may be long over, but if you think tobacco advertising ...
New York City Tobacco Display Ban Will Save Lives ash March 19, 2013 Press Releases Yesterday, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced a plan to ban the display of tobacco products at retail outlets in an effort to protect public health and to reduce the ability of the tobacco industr...
Free Trade Agreement Ignores Global Tobacco Epidemic ash December 12, 2012 Press Releases Talks on a tobacco exception in a free trade agreement between the United States and ten other countries in the Asia-Pacific region – the Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) - became the subject of many unanswered ...
Big Tobacco Buys Big Political Influence ash October 16, 2012 Blog, Featured News & Events, Press Releases, Related News, Smoke Alarms Money is doled out to both sides of the aisle The tobacco industry has always been a major player in congressional campaigns, but a new online map ( ash.org/map) shows just how pervasive tobacco money is in p...
New Website Highlights Tobacco Lobbyists’ Campaign Contributions and Gifts to Oklahoma Lawmakers ash October 1, 2012 Press Releases, Related News OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA (October 1, 2012)A new website with searchable databases of all campaign contributions and gifts from tobacco lobbyists to members of the Oklahoma State Legislature was announced today. ...
Historic Plain Packaging Measure Highlights Need for Stronger Action in U.S. ash August 15, 2012 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases Plain Packaging of Cigarettes Upheld by Australia's Highest Court Historic Measure Highlights Need for Stronger Action in U.S. Yesterday, Australia's highest court found against the tobacco industry and i...
ASH Launches New Website, Brand ash August 10, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 10, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH), one of the nation’s oldest anti-tobacco organizations devoted to the tobacco related epidemic, has launched a new website and brand to reflec...
ASH calls on President Obama to Immediately Submit FCTC for Ratification, 8 Years After U.S. Signed Agreement ash August 7, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 8, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) calls on President Obama to immediately submit the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) to the Senate for ratification. The United St...
