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...
ASH to Attend National Conference on Tobacco or Health ash August 7, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (Aug. 7, 2012) Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) will address global health governance issues impacting the tobacco related epidemic at the National Conference on Tobacco or Health that ope...
ASH Applauds Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Commitment to the Global Fight Against Tobacco ash March 23, 2012 Featured News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, DC (March 23, 2012) Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds New York City Mayor and philanthropist Michael R. Bloomberg, for his unwavering commitment to public health by announcing his continue...
