The Netherlands presents plan to reduce tobacco retail outlets Arendtm November 23, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Guest Blog Author: Daniëlle Arnold, Policy Advisor Health Funds for a Smokefree Netherlands (previously the Dutch Alliance for a Smokefree Society) On Friday, November 20, 2020, the Dutch governme...
Truth Initiative Research on Federal Ban on Menthol Cigarettes Arendtm November 18, 2020 Featured News & Events, Related News "New Truth Initiative® research shows most adults (56.4%) support a federal ban on menthol cigarettes, the last remaining flavored cigarette still sold in the U.S. that has long been marketed to Black Americans...
STOP Partners: New Global Index Shows Aggressive Tobacco Industry Lobbying in 2019 and Exploitation of COVID-19 Pandemic in 2020 Arendtm November 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Data from 57 Countries Reveal Governments Aren’t Doing Enough to Protect Policy From Industry Influence November 17, 2020 Read the full press release and global report from the STOP Partners and the G...
Publication from the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC Arendtm November 12, 2020 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News November 11, 2020 With COP9 postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) released this new publication: Global Strategy to A...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco Arendtm November 10, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 3 ASH Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco November 10, 2020 Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH Article 19: How it has been utilized, how...
ASH 2020 Town Hall Arendtm October 27, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Events, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Tuesday, December 1st (Giving Tuesday) 2:00 - 3:00pm Eastern / 11:00 am - 12:00pm Pacific Register here (space is limited) 2020 has been a challenging year for a lot of us, but at ASH, we aren’t letting th...
Webinars During COP Week 2020 Arendtm October 22, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Events, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News The week of November 9 - 13, 2020 was originally the date for global tobacco control advocates, government representatives, and UN agencies to meet at the Hague in the Netherlands to participate in the biannual...
Dolgeville, NY: Retail Environment Tobacco Law Arendtm October 20, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Click here for PDF Public Hearing: January 2019 Effective: April 2019 Local Law #2 of the year 2019 Steps Have a group of youth educated and engaged in tobacco control Work with the municipal...
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control – time for a civil society equivalent? Arendtm September 24, 2020 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News "Tobacco company strategies include promoting limited and highly selective information about minimally described and downplayed harms caused by their products, presenting themselves as responsible corporate cit...
American Medical Association (AMA) Joins AATCLC & ASH in Lawsuit Against FDA Arendtm September 3, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) JOINS AATCLC AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA The Timely Lawsuit Highlights the Lack of Protection Endured by Thousands of African Americans From Mentholated Tobacco Produc...
ASH Live: Human Rights & Cessation Arendtm July 29, 2020 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News ASH recently co-authored this BMJ Tobacco Control article on using human rights tools to strengthen cessation. To bring this new approach to more people, we are hosting a short Facebook Live with our Managing A...
Tobacco control in the United States: Failure to protect the right to health Arendtm June 23, 2020 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News ASH published an editorial in Tobacco Prevention and Cessation, the official journal of ENSP, the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention. The editorial was co-signed by: African American Toba...
A Holistic Approach to Human Rights and the Tobacco Epidemic Arendtm June 22, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber, Policy Director Chris Bostic, and Managing Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy published an article in the Oxford University Press: Nicotine & Tobacco Research, Volume 22, Iss...
ASH & AATCLC File Lawsuit Against FDA Arendtm June 17, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 3 This press release was re-issued on September 3, 2020 with the addition of the American Medical Association (AMA) as a co-plantiff. See the latest news release here. THE AFRICAN AMERICAN TOBACCO CONT...
Chris Bostic – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want Arendtm June 11, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2 ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want June 11, 2020 Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at ASH The goal of Project Sunset: To phase out the sale of commercial combustible ...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want Arendtm June 11, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 2 ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want June 11, 2020 Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH I wanted to give you all a quick overview of the tobacco treaty- the Framework...
CIEP: Increasing Tobacco Taxes Benefits the Poor Arendtm June 5, 2020 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News This Report was written by the Centro de Investigación Económica y Presupuestaria A.C. (CIEP) in Mexico. Read the report here. The Report shares the results of CIEP’s extended cost-benefit analysis of increas...
ASH Webinar Series Arendtm June 4, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 4 Read our COVID-19 & Tobacco Policy & Communications Toolkit here ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to fill an information gap that existed. We've continued t...
Essay from Atul, a 10th Grade Student in Chennai, India Arendtm May 31, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Why does this year's World No Tobacco Day matter to children? By: Atul, Grade X, Chennai, India Every year, 31 May is observed as World No Tobacco Day by the World Health Organization (WHO) and this year’s...
NGO Joint Submission to the UN Human Rights Coucil Arendtm May 29, 2020 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 In advance of the 44th session of the United Nations Human Right’s Council (HRC) this June, ASH and several partners submitted a formal statement addressing tobacco in the global human rights agenda. Read ou...
Opinion in The Hill: Suggestion that smoking protects from COVID-19 may be dangerous to public health Arendtm May 12, 2020 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News BY DR. JOHN MAA AND BONNIE HALPERN-FELSHER, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 05/11/20 06:00 PM EDT THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL Read the article here....
Response: States Can Stop Selling Cigarettes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Arendtm May 8, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 I read with interest Representative Krishnamoorthi's opinion piece on banning electronic cigarette sales during the pandemic (FDA can boost the coronavirus battle by pausing the sale of e-cigarettes 4/29/20). I...
COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit Arendtm April 24, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 Read the Toolkit Here COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit We are in the midst of an historic pandemic, and governments are taking unprecedented measures to mitigate the death toll. Smokers...
ASH Statement: The Coronavirus Catch-22 for the Tobacco Industry Arendtm March 31, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 Statement from Action on Smoking and Health The Coronavirus Catch-22 for the Tobacco Industry Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 31, 2020 – As...
Coronavirus Update Arendtm March 10, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 7 Resources on COVID-19 World Health Organization and who is at risk Q&A? WHO FCTC Secretariat's statement on May 4, 2020 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and their April 8, 2020 guidance to...
