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Tinder Experiment Tests if Smoking is Hot
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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...
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 ...
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...
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. ...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...