…discussions. They are also nonessential plastics and, like filters, are problematic environmentally. But e-cigarettes bring an additional blight – the batteries. Tobacco product waste is nearly impossible to gather and…
April 18- 19, 2024, ASH hosted the first National Tobacco Endgame Summit in Washington, DC. It was the culmination of over a year of planning and comes at an opportune…
…kill when used exactly as intended. There is no safe use of cigarettes; they kill up to half of all users and sicken millions more every year. “The ASH Lobbyist…
…Over 98% of cigarettes include filters. Filter-less cigarettes would greatly reduce youth uptake, encourage adults to quit, and remove the leading source of plastic pollution. ACTION ON SMOKING AND…
…which causes the toxic chemicals and smoke in cigarettes to be inhaled deeper, in turn making menthol cigarettes more difficult to quit. The FDA has held authority over tobacco product…
…characterizing flavors in cigarettes. To begin that rulemaking process, the FDA issued a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to ban the sale of menthol cigarettes in the marketplace. Given that success,…
…cigarettes,” said Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health. “The FDA’s own research confirms that a menthol ban would save lives; there is no scientific reason to…
…are the number one source of trash, and the number one source of plastic trash. The cigarettes they were attached to are the number one cause of avoidable death, taking…
…by waste from tobacco products and related electronic devices, including filters of cigarettes as well as batteries, plastic cartridges and metals;” Reminds us that “that WHO has recommended an immediate…
…menthol cigarettes, utilizing human rights language in our complaint. In response, the FDA agreed to propagate a rule banning menthol as a flavor. We are still waiting for the rule…
ASH is building a world where your family is better protected from cigarettes, an addictive and lethal product. But we need your help to counter the power and influence of…
…push to ban smoking on gaming floors Banning Menthol Cigarettes Will Save LGBTQ+ Lives STOP Partners: Global Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2023 released Truth Initiative: 3 myths about mental health…
…208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies Joint Statement: The FDA Continues to Delay Protecting Americans from Mentholated Cigarettes Statement from Laurent Huber,…
…adults surveyed said they smoked cigarettes, cigarette consumption was raising rapidly, and smoking was permitted in virtually every public space. Today, thanks to the efforts of ASH and our partners…
…OMIS (Organización Multidisciplinaria para la Integración Social) Ora New Zealand Parents Against Vaping E-Cigarettes PASYKAF – The Cyprus Association of Cancer Patients and Friends People’s Health Foundation, Myanmar Philippine College…
…While tobacco companies and their lobbyists attempt to reframe the narrative on menthol cigarettes, it’s essential to remember the truth: menthol cigarettes are not inherently a part of the Black…
…2021. The prohibition includes casinos, other businesses, and public Navajo buildings and lands—covers conventional cigarettes, e-cigarettes, cigars, and similar products. It excludes tobacco used for ceremonial purposes and use of…
ASH is building a world where your family is better protected from cigarettes, an addictive and lethal product. But we need your help to counter the power and influence of…
…tobacco retailers, and the reduction of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels. It led several countries to reevaluate their tobacco strategies and move to adopt similar measures. Finance Minister Nicola…
…January 1, 2009. New Zealand’s law also includes a drastic reduction in the number of tobacco retailers and a decrease of nicotine in cigarettes to non-addictive levels. Tobacco is the…
…these new cigarettes, something one of the influencers very positively dubbed “cigfluencing.” The influencers who have promoted the cigarettes also have blood on their hands, and as the article’s title…
…Delay Protecting Americans from Mentholated Cigarettes 2022 ASH Annual Report: Read it here Tobacco Endgame Policy and Advocacy Training Course: underway now through November 20, 2023. Registration remains open here….
…rule banning menthol-flavored cigarettes. Further delays will only cause more harm by allowing tobacco companies to continue marketing menthol cigarettes to Black people and harming Black youth,” said American Medical…
…advertisements depicted an Aboriginal man playing a didgeridoo with the slogan ‘Australians’ answer to the peace pipe.’ More recently, Philip Morris International (PMI) has sold cigarettes in Israel labelled ‘Māori…
…(ASH). “The tobacco industry violates numerous legally protected human rights every day through the production, marketing, and sale of an addictive and deadly product – cigarettes.” Click to read the…
