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Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading

January 21, 2020

Nonprofit Sues JUUL, Alleges Labeling on E-Cigarette Product Is Misleading JUULpods’ “5.0% Nicotine Strength” and “3.0% Nicotine Strength” Labels Mislead Consumers About Amount of Nicotine Delivered by Popular E-Cigarette Product, Complaint Alleges MEDIA CONTACTS: Megan Arendt, 202-659-4310, arendtm@ash.org Rolando A. Andrewn, 202-258-2202, rolando@breathedc.org Washington, D.C. – January 21, 2020 –

ASH Discusses Proposed D.C. Ban on the Sale of Flavored Tobacco Products

January 4, 2020

On January 2, 2020, ASH staff Liz Furgurson and Chris Bostic (pictured above, second from the right) attended a public hearing of the DC City Council Judiciary and Public Safety Committee, which is considering a ban on the sale of flavored tobacco products. Watch the recording here. Both gave formal

ASH Statement on Facebook and Instagram Prohibiting Tobacco and E-cigarette Influencer Promotions

December 20, 2019

Statement from Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) On December 18, 2019, Facebook (including Instagram) announced that it would no longer allow influencers using its platforms to promote tobacco products, including electronic cigarettes. This is a welcome development. ASH joined an organizational sign on letter to Facebook and Instagram in

First long-term study of the health impact of vaping points the way to regulation of all tobacco products

December 17, 2019

First long-term study of the health impact of vaping points the way to regulation of all tobacco products Statement by Action on Smoking and Health On December 16, 2019, the first long-term study of e-cigarette use was published in the American Journal of Preventive Medicine. The results show conclusively that

ASH’s Accomplishments in 2019

December 10, 2019

ASH has a three-pronged approach to end the tobacco epidemic. Each program can end the tobacco epidemic on its own, and combined, our programs will chip away at the tobacco industry from every angle to speed up the end of tobacco-related deaths. We’ve broken down our success in each program,

ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan

November 26, 2019

ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recently, we were invited to bring this work to Japan. While Japan joined the global tobacco treaty (the WHO Framework Conventional on Tobacco Control) in 2004, it is failing to adequately protect the health

Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market

November 19, 2019

Organizations Support the President’s September Decision to Remove Flavored E-Cigarettes from the Market Now is the time to act and protect the health of our children November 18, 2019 – We write to express our strong, unified support for President Trump’s proposal, made on September 11, 2019, to swiftly remove

Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding ILO Decision on Tobacco Funding

October 31, 2019

Yesterday, October 31st, ASH joined several international groups in calling on the International Labor Organization (ILO) to reject funding from the tobacco industry. Read our joint letter here. Today, October 31st, the ILO joined most other multilateral bodies in ostracizing the tobacco industry by voting to reject tobacco industry funding.

Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding

October 30, 2019

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Groups Call on ILO to Reject Tobacco Funding Bangkok (30 October, 2019)— Global public health groups called on the ILO Governing Body to reject tobacco donations and tap tobacco taxes as funding source; as well as to espouse strict regulations on labor standards in order to eliminate

New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy

October 9, 2019

Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy The Tobacco (Including Vaping) Industry Cannot be a Stakeholder in Regulating its Products WASHINGTON, D.C. – OCTOBER 9, 2019 – U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2019, a report published by

The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan

October 4, 2019

Excerpt: Instead, over the course of 46 days, a deluge of more than 100 tobacco industry lobbyists and small business advocates met with White House officials as they weighed whether to include the ban as part of a new tobacco control rule. The end result: Senior Obama administration officials nixed

15 Organizations Report to the UN Human Rights Council that the U.S. Fails to Protect the Right to Health

October 3, 2019

Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 3, 2019 – Today, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in partnership with 14 civil society organizations, submitted a report to the United Nations’ Human Rights Council under its Universal Periodic Review (UPR) process regarding the United

Op-Ed by Andrew Hyland, chairman of the Department of Health Behavior at Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

September 17, 2019

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s recent statement urging New Yorkers to stop using vaping products was both striking and justified. The bizarre lung illnesses that prompted warnings from the governor, the state Department of Health and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have claimed at least six lives within

Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Regarding Trump Administration’s Move to Ban Flavored E-Cigarettes

September 11, 2019

WASHINGTON, DC – September 11, 2019 – The Trump administration just announced that it will seek to ban flavored electronic cigarettes. This move follows the news of six mysterious deaths linked to vaping. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) commends efforts to ban flavors like gummy bear and cotton candy

Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on FDA and Graphic Warning Labels: Glacial and Unwilling, but in the Right Direction

August 16, 2019

AUGUST 16, 2019 – This week the Food and Drug Administration announced a comment period for a proposed rule to require graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements (pictured above). If this sounds familiar then you must be at least ten years old, because that’s how long ago Congress

Joint Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General

July 19, 2019

Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 2019 United Nations, S-233 New York, NY 10027 Dear Secretary General Guterres, RE: The role of the tobacco industry in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development We are writing to you regarding a note on the role of the tobacco industry in the

Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem

June 7, 2019

As we write this, no one is smoking inside of our office. We rode the metro this morning with no one smoking on the train or the platform, and we can meet friends for dinner tonight where no one will smoke around us. That feels like we are in the

Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier

June 4, 2019

Beverly Hills, CA is the New Norm for Tobacco Sales, Not the Outlier Ban on Tobacco Sales in Beverly Hills Passed with Unanimous Support WASHINGTON, DC – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5, 2019 – Late last night, the Beverly Hills City Council unanimously voted to ban the sale of tobacco products in

Media Advisory: What’s Menthol Got to Do with It? Everything (Still)!

May 20, 2019

Carol McGruder, Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council “For every black man murdered, there are 6-8 dying of tobacco diseases.” “We can’t wait until what’s happening with police brutality is solved to address thousands dying from cigarettes.” Dr. Phillip Gardiner, Co-Chair, African American

Dossier: Tobacco’s big child labour problem

May 16, 2019

[Excerpt] The precise number of children involved in the tobacco industry is unknown but is thought to be in the tens of millions. More than 152m children are engaged in labour, 71 per cent of them in agriculture, ranging from tobacco to the cotton and sugar cane sectors. ‘In countries

Beverly Hills City Council Meeting – May 7, 2019

May 10, 2019

Once again, the Beverly Hills City Council voiced unanimous support for phasing out the sale of tobacco products in their community. Dedicated to the health of their residents, the Council is looking to move swiftly with a 1st reading of the ordinance on May 21, 2019 and a 2nd reading

Insight from a 6th Grader in Connecticut

April 25, 2019

Below are an essay and video ASH received from a 6th grader known as A.C.R.S. at Weston Middle School in Weston, CT. She argues a strong and well-cited case like a seasoned veteran in our field, simplifying an often challenging program of work to convince her readers of the strong

Bucharest Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free Europe

April 11, 2019

This Resolution came out of discussions that began at the Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World on March 26, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania and continued at the annual European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention’s conference in Bucharest that week. Watch ASH’s video recap of the historic

Do industries that kill more people than they employ have a right to exist?

April 3, 2019

A new study outlines why the tobacco and coal industries warrant “corporate death sentences.” ROBBY BERMAN 24 February, 2019 Read on BigThink.com

Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World

March 24, 2019

Romanian President Klaus Iohannis speaking at the Forum This unique and historic event brought together global leaders in human rights and public health to discuss ways to advance worldwide efforts to combat the tobacco epidemic. Learn more about this issue by reading our Primer. “Banning smoking in closed public spaces

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