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Dr. Cheryl Healton of New York University Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees

July 30, 2018

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ASH Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310 NYU Contact: Rachel Harrison, (212) 998 – 6797 WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 30, 2018 – Action on Smoking and Health (ASH US) is pleased to welcome Dr. Cheryl Healt...

Remembering our core mission: reducing death and disease

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June 27, 2018

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By Laurent Huber, Executive Director The tobacco control community is at a crossroads. The evidence in unequivocal: the most widely consumed nicotine delivery product, combustible cigarettes, an addictive an...

Add your name to the Cape Town Declaration

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May 29, 2018

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CNCT – Filtergate: opening of a preliminary investigation

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May 4, 2018

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Translated by CNCT from their French release here. Following the filing of a complaint by the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) for endangering the lives of others due to the manipulation of filters b...

Statement from FDA Commissioner to dramatically reduce smoking rates by lowering nicotine in combustible cigarettes

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March 15, 2018

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When I returned to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration last year, it was immediately clear that tackling tobacco use – and cigarette smoking in particular – would be one of the most important actions I could ...

Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World

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March 9, 2018

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Read the PDF The 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health (WCTOH) closed on Friday, March 9, 2018 with the adoption of 11 Declarations, including the groundbreaking Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights a...

Dutch Prosecutor Rejects Tobacco Criminal Case; Many Arguments for Appeal Exist

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February 22, 2018

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Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 22, 2018 – We are disappointed in the Dutch Public Prosecution Service’s (DPPS) decision not to file cri...

Tobacco firms in France cheated nicotine tests: anti-smoking body

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February 14, 2018

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Four tobacco companies operating in France manipulated tests to conceal the real level of nicotine and tar contained in cigarettes, endangering the lives of smokers, a French anti-smoking organization alleged i...

Netherlands Cancer Institute files a report against tobacco manufacturers

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February 2, 2018

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The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is the first hospital/research institution in the Netherlands to file a report in the ongoing criminal case against tobacco manufacturers. In doing so, the NKI asks the Pu...

ASH: The Big Picture

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December 19, 2017

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2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette free” and earned numerous victories across each of our progr...

Keynote from Sharon Eubanks at ASH’s 50th Anniversary Event

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October 27, 2017

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Sharon Eubanks, Former Department of Justice attorney who lead the RICO lawsuit Friends, Deputy Chief Baluga: It is an honor to be asked to say a few words on the occasion of ASH’s 50th Anniversary. Over ...

2016 Annual Report

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June 9, 2017

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ASH recognizes Big Tobacco as the vector of the tobacco epidemic, and we work on several fronts to counter attack their deadly products. Read our 2016 Annual Report about how our programs progressed in 2016 a...

The world’s largest tobacco company wanted good press – but it backfired

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May 29, 2017

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Re-printed as an English translation with permission from Buzzfeed Germany, original article in German here. Stop producing or marketing tobacco! This is what an Institute for Human Rights has recommended to ...

Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights

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May 21, 2017

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Action on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should cease “the production and marketing of tobacco.” Read the...

PMI Befriends Human Rights Org

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May 2, 2017

Tobacco control: saving lives and driving development

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February 28, 2017

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Tobacco use poses an unparalleled health and economic burden worldwide. A new study found that the diseases caused by smoking account for US$ 422 billion in health care expenditures annually, representing almo...

Business groups, once tobacco-friendly, switch sides in fight

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February 28, 2017

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"Smoking isn't just killing us, it's bankrupting us," said Ashli Watts, a spokeswoman with the Chamber of Commerce for Kentucky, where one in four adults uses tobacco, the lung cancer rate is the nation's highe...

Federal tobacco control is at risk in the US

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February 10, 2017

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The man Donald Trump has chosen to direct health policy for the federal government has close ties to the tobacco industry he will be charged with regulating. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who was confirmed as health...

IASLC Statement on Philip Morris’ New Manifesto Highlights the Importance of Tobacco Control

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February 3, 2017

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On February 1, 2017, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) issued the following statement: “According to its own public reports, in 2016 Phillip Morris manufactured 800 billion...

Monograph: The Economics of Tobacco & Tobacco Contol

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January 13, 2017

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This collaborative analysis from the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization is the result of several years' work from noted experts in economics, public health and law. It is the most detai...

Tobacco to be Hidden from Plain Sight in Netherlands Shops

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January 4, 2017

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The Dutch government is working on a legislative proposal to ban the visible display of tobacco products, State Secretary Martin van Rijn of Public Health informed parliament, ANP reports. Read more>...

FRR Excludes the Tobacco Sector

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December 19, 2016

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The Supervisory Board of the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) adopted the Executive Board’s proposal to exclude from its portfolio investments in equities or bonds of tobacco producing companies. "T...

New HUD Rule on Smokefree Public Housing

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November 30, 2016

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ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story

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November 17, 2016

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story The World We Need WASHINGTON, D.C. – Novembe...

RJ Reynolds Can’t Make Up Its Mind

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October 31, 2016

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In California, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to prevent a new tax on cigarettes. But in Missouri, RJ Reynolds is spending millions to promote a new tax on cigarettes. Tobacco taxes are proven to prevent kid...