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ASH’s Ongoing Work at CERD

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September 6, 2022
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September 2022 – This year, many people and organizations have focused their energy on social justice, and ASH is no exception. As you may know, this summer, ASH led 120 organizations in submitting a report ...

ASH at the UN Human Rights Council 50th Session

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September 2, 2022
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June 2022 - ASH staff had the opportunity to participate in the United Nations Human Rights Council 50th session, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Human Rights Council is an “inter-governmental body within the Unite...

Happy Earth Day!

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April 19, 2022
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Most people view cigarettes as a health problem, but they are a huge environmental problem as well.  The tobacco control community is increasingly recognizing the importance of this issue; this year’s theme for...

Social Justice in Public Health

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February 17, 2022
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February 20th is World Day of Social Justice. The UN General Assembly recognizes that “social development and social justice are indispensable for the achievement and maintenance of peace and security within an...
Human Rights

Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights Through Tobacco Control

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December 9, 2021
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Every December 10th is Human Rights Day, and this year (2021) the theme is “Equality- Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights.” For ASH, this theme is very welcome, as we strive to center our tobacco cont...

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco

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November 10, 2020
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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...

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want

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June 11, 2020
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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...

The Dutch Criminal Case: We’ve lost a battle, but not the war

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December 19, 2018
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One of ASH’s programs seeks to hold tobacco corporations and executives criminally responsible for the deaths and disease caused by their products. To that end, we work with organizations around the world w...

FINALLY! Corrective Ads Published!

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November 20, 2017
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**UPDATE 3** - Beginning on November 26, 2017 the public will begin seeing long-awaited “corrective statements” by the tobacco industry on television and in newspapers. The major U.S. tobacco companies were ...

World Cancer Day 2017

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February 3, 2017
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As we mark World Cancer Day, let's take a moment to envision a day in the future when cancer is no longer ever a death sentence. As our National Cancer Institute presses forward on treatment and research under ...

Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World

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December 19, 2016
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That’s our vision at ASH, a tobacco-free world. This year marks ASH’s 50th anniversary, and we are as committed as ever to end the tobacco epidemic. With your help, we can achieve this vision. Here’s how we...

Human Rights Day 2016

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December 7, 2016
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December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...

What if Tobacco Vanished?

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December 2, 2016
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Cigarettes have been commercially marketed and sold in the United States for over 100 years. The negative health effects of tobacco have been public knowledge for at least the last 50 years. The death and disea...
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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...
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U.S. Campaign Contributions 2016

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October 24, 2016
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The tobacco epidemic is a huge public health problem. Almost 600,000 Americans die every year from tobacco related diseases. This death and disease is perpetrated by the tobacco industry, in exchange for profit...
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ASH Environmental Webinar Recap

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September 30, 2016
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When we think of tobacco, a lot of health issues immediately spring to mind – lung cancer, throat cancer, cardiovascular disease, tooth decay, asthma. But tobacco products also wreak havoc on our environment, a...
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10th Anniversary of Landmark Ruling

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August 16, 2016
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On August 17, 2006, U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler issued an historic ruling. Nearly 7 years after the case was first filed, Judge Kessler issued an opinion that found that the tobacco industry had fraudule...
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No Safe Use of Tobacco

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July 15, 2016
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Tasmania, an Australian island off the Southern coast, is considering an historic step for tobacco control. The Legislative Council is currently considering a proposal called Tobacco Free Generation (TFG), whic...
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Earth Day 2016

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April 22, 2016
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The harmful impacts of smoking go well beyond each individual smoker. Cigarettes have a negative impact on the environment throughout their entire life cycle - from growing the tobacco to disposing of the butts...
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Kids Overexposed to Cigarettes in Video Games

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January 15, 2016
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Hundreds of video games come out every year. Avid gamers have at least 326 news ones to look forward to in 2016. If previous years are any indication, many of these games will contain images of cigarett...
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Human Rights Day 2015

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December 8, 2015
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December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...
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Criminal Cases about Consumer Products

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December 2, 2015
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The tobacco epidemic continues to spread around the world. Tobacco is unique – no other product kills half of its consumers when used exactly as intended. If tobacco products were released as new products toda...
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ASH 2015 Tobacco Criminal Liability and Tobacco & Human Rights Report Card

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November 16, 2015
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ASH’s tobacco criminal liability program was created to investigate the possibility of holding tobacco corporations and their executives criminally liable for the millions of tobacco-related deaths. The tobacco...
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International Day of the Girl

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October 8, 2015
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In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges that girls face around the world. Girls and women arou...
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What does peanut butter have to do with tobacco?

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September 21, 2015
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Recently, a landmark case was decided in federal court in Georgia. The subject of the case? Peanut butter. The Peanut Butter Case: United States of America vs. Stewart Parnell From 2008-2009, there was an out...
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