…a physician who authored the seminal paper in Human Rights Quarterly on the connection between tobacco and human rights, a connection which has shaped our work.” While the Koop award…
…all of our other programs at ASH. Human rights like the right to health, clean water, and air are implicated. The negative impacts tobacco has on the environment provides even…
…environment are a violation of human rights, such as the right to clean air and water, as well. Many countries now included the right to a healthy environment in their…
Click here to download a PDF of the statement Statement to the Fourth Human Rights Council intersessional meeting for Dialogue and Cooperation on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for…
…to living a life in dignity.” – the Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights When we talk about human rights at ASH, we are talking about this right to…
…for the exercise of other human rights. Every human being is entitled to the enjoyment of the highest attainable standard of health conducive to living a life in dignity” (source)….
…tobacco products was the logical consequence of years of policies pushing us in the right direction. The final step was not an easy one politically, but was in every way…
…and Human Rights ASH is on TikTok, follow us here! Report: Cessation, The Right to Health Stay Tuned – later this month, ASH will release our U.S. Tobacco Lobbyist and…
The marketing and sale of tobacco products violate the right to health and life of all people globally The Right to Health The right to health was first internationally articulated…
…more needs to be done for countries to effectively realize the globally recognized “right to the highest attainable standard of health.” The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, which…
…launched here Video of Practical Applications of Human Rights to Tobacco Control Report: Cessation, The Right to Health Joint Statement: The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans;…
…sales. The Danish Institute for Human Rights correctly concluded after examining Philip Morris International’s supply chain for human rights compliance: “tobacco is deeply harmful to human health, and there can…
…reason, as we face COVID-19, it is even more important that we collectively do more to protect our human rights, rights that have been recognized at the highest level of…
Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th is International Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This…
In August, ASH welcomed a new staffer to the team, Carol Maytum (pictured top right). She is based out of Sacramento, California and gives us boots on the ground for…
…2020, Pages 1054–1055: A Holistic Approach to Human Rights and the Tobacco Epidemic Tobacco Control in the United States: Failure to Protect the Right to Health Hannaford grocery store chain…
…here? That’s the only thing keeping me alive right now.” He goes on to describe everything he’s now experiencing noting that the video is his “last will and testament” because…
…asked questions. The first one we always get is, is this legal? The short answer is yes, governments have the right to regulate or ban the sale of products. We’ve…
…Global Public Health). Combined slides are available here. Women, Tobacco, and Human Rights March 18, 2021 – Watch the recording of our Webinar on Women, Tobacco, and Human Rights in…
On Thursday, April 2, 2020, ASH hosted a live webinar with Dr. Carolyn Dresler to address the nexus between the tobacco epidemic, human rights and the coronavirus. The discussion focused…
…numerous human rights treaties it has ratified. It is time for Japan’s civil society to take advantage of the existing human rights strategies to remind its government that unless it…
…kills more than 480,000 Americans a year. About one out of every five deaths in the United States is due to tobacco. “Smoking negatively impacts the right to life, right…
A new study outlines why the tobacco and coal industries warrant “corporate death sentences.” ROBBY BERMAN 24 February, 2019 Read on BigThink.com…
…Facebook @ASHglobalAction. Also, consider using the hashtags #TobaccoViolation and #HumanRights to share the message with a broader audience. Images on Human Rights and Tobacco Videos on Human Rights and Tobacco…
