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…
In our work, we spend a lot of time arguing for people’s rights. The right to be free from targeted advertising by the tobacco industry. The right to access cessation…
…and freedoms. These include, but are not limited to the right to life, the right to the highest attainable standard of health and the right to education. COP 3 No…
…WHO Recommendations with a human rights framework, particularly the Convention on the Rights of the Child. In this analysis, the CRC provides the foundation for a child rights-based approach to…
…right to health alongside several other rights that speak for covering tobacco control under human rights law. Articles Focused on Children’s Rights A Missing Voice: The Human Rights of Children…
Some advocates have begun using human rights arguments in litigation against the tobacco industry. Below are several cases relevant to human rights, but this list is far from exhaustive of…
…rights problem as well. The marketing and sale of tobacco violate the right to health and life of people all around the world. ASH has been working to convince both…
…the fundamental rights of every human being without distinction of race, religion, political belief, economic or social condition.” These two rights; the right to life and the right to health;…
…the right to health and right to life of its citizens. Visitors to the cow shows in eastern Switzerland will be amazed not only by the ornately decorated bovine headdresses,…
…too young to know the reality of what his addiction would entail. He couldn’t give up smoking despite ongoing sickness, and unfortunately, his smoking addiction eventually took his life. All…
Tobacco as a Human Rights Violation If you didn’t see it this past week, here’s our video explaining tobacco as a human rights violation. With yesterday being World Health Day,…
…which explicitly affirm that the duties under Articles 8 and Article 12 are grounded in fundamental human rights and freedoms, including “the right to life, the right to the highest…
…to life, right to health, right to education, children’s rights, women’s rights, and many others. For example, the tobacco industry often targets their marketing to specific populations based on gender,…
…as he would have always played second fiddle to my grandfather. Instead, armed with his pathology prize to persuade his reluctant father he was doing the right thing, Dad embarked…
…smoke, and the extremely addictive nature of nicotine, the marketing and sale of cigarettes violates several universally accepted human rights, in particular the right to life and the right to…
