Author: Vivienne Brandt, ASH Policy and Communications Intern In 2003, the World Health Organization concluded negotiations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which reaffirmed the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health. This international treaty lays out the best practices to end the tobacco
The year 2020 brought much needed attention to social justice, and placed the right to health front and center in global public health. In a matter of months, we saw the world come to a halt because of the global COVID-19 pandemic, a pandemic that has made it even clearer
Author: Mitch Schuster, ASH Policy and Communications Intern The tobacco industry is frequently criticized for its product’s harmful effects on global health, financial security, and manipulative marketing tactics. However, one of the tobacco industry’s least recognized impacts on global populations has been the exploitation of child laborers working on tobacco
Statement from Action on Smoking and Health Thanking the District of Columbia’s Mayor for Signing the Tobacco Product Flavor Ban Bill into Law WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 22, 2021 – Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) congratulates Washington, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser for swiftly signing into law a ban
Statement from Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking and Health Brookline, MA Becomes 1st City in the U.S. to Ban Tobacco Sales to Anyone Born in the 21st Century WASHINGTON, DC – JULY 19, 2021 – This morning Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey approved Brookline’s first-in-the-nation Tobacco Free Generation
Statement from Elizabeth Furgurson, Chief Operating Officer of ASH in Support of the District of Columbia’s Bill to Ban Flavors in Tobacco Products June 29, 2021 Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds the DC City Council for acting today to reduce the death toll of flavored tobacco products. We
“It’s easy to assume smokers know the risk, but it’s not that simple. According to investigators, minority communities, as well as children, were specifically targeted.” Watch the video and read more on ABC 7’s website here>
Additional organizations continue to sign onto this letter. For the most recent number of signatory organizations, click here. Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 148 Organizations, Universities, and Cancer Centers Call for an End to Combustible Tobacco Sales WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 24, 2021 – Our vision
[en Français | en Español] 154 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products The lessons learned in 2020 from the bold actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to consider equally bold actions that will be required to tackle other global health pandemics. The undersigned organizations
Access to Smoking Cessation Support is a Human Right ASH and ICTC Release a Report in Advance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31st Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org | (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – May 18, 2021 – Legally-binding human rights norms implore or require governments to protect
Professor Joshua Pearce, the Richard Witte Professor of Materials Science and Engineering and a Professor cross-appointed in the Department of Materials Science & Engineering and in the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering at the Michigan Technological University, wrote the following article in December 2018 and it was Published February
There is vast global support for the U.S. to ban menthol cigarettes, as several countries have already done. The University of Bath’s Tobacco Tactics website lists all the other countries that have banned menthol and when. Statements Issued in Support of the FDA’s April 29, 2021 Announcement Congressional Black Caucus:
The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responds to a lawsuit filed by ASH, AATCLC, AMA, and NMA on Saving Black Lives WASHINGTON, DC – April 29, 2021 – Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced that it will
Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol Statement of Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) WASHINGTON, DC – April 29, 2021 –Today, we celebrate with all Americans that the Food and Drug Administration took a powerful step towards banning menthol and saving lives,
Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202)390-9513 97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) leads 97 organizations from around the world in this public health appeal to end racial discrimination Washington, DC – April 21, 2021 – Today, as we continue to
Tobacco use disproportionately affects many marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, who have a long and documented history of being aggressively targeted by the tobacco industry. ASH supports those who categorize the tobacco industry’s aggressive marketing as institutional racism. Read more on that here> You might be thinking,
Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main phone line forwarding to cell phones. So when the world went remote, ASH staff didn’t miss a beat from their established home offices. That
Guest Blog Author: Michael Schwalbe, Professor of Sociology at North Carolina State University When it comes to destroying Black lives, no modern American institution can match the tobacco industry. It isn’t just that 45,000 Black Americans die of tobacco-related diseases every year; it isn’t just that tobacco use is the
On March 29, 2021, Judge Janis Sammartino of the U.S. District Court for Southern California dashed the hopes of R.J. Reynolds and other plaintiffs seeking to overturn San Diego’s ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. In a sometimes tersely-worded decision, Judge Sammartino denied plaintiff’s complaints and granted defendant’s
Impact of COVID-19 on Tobacco Cessation Thursday, March 11, 2021 Every year, North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC) analyzes data on quitline services and reports the results. “In calendar year 2020, calls through 1-800-QUIT-NOW decreased by 27% (over 190,000 calls). The decrease in calls mirrored the timeline of the pandemic, with
The Global Center for Good Governance in Tobacco Control, a partner of STOP, a global tobacco industry watchdog launched its second Global Media Competition. This year’s theme, “Lies & Cover-Ups: Time to Make Tobacco Pay” seeks creative visual designs (poster, infographics, short videos) that portray how the tobacco industry conceals,
Today is International Women’s Day – a day to celebrate the progress that’s been made for women’s rights around the world, and a day to call for much-needed change. Cigarette smoking among women is declining in many developed countries, but unfortunately, this is not true everywhere. In many places, particularly
Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021.
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