Author: Vivienne Brandt, ASH Policy and Communications Intern In 2003, the World Health Organization concluded negotiations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which reaffirmed the right of all…
…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…
…a year and killed more Americans in 2020 than did COVID-19. The production and marketing of tobacco products is a violation of the human right to health, and governments have…
…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;…
…and D.C., and menthol cigarettes are a leading contributor to health inequity for the Black community. Health equity must be our driving force in all tobacco policy. Tobacco products, and…
…180 million lives could be saved. Tobacco is also a human rights, environmental, and sustainable development issue. In 2017 the UN Human Rights Council affirmed “the right of everyone to…
…Progress) 95.) Program on Human Rights in Development, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health 96.) Public Health Advocacy Institute 97.) Public Health Law Center 98.) Rajasthan Cancer Foundation…
…(ICTC) and Action on Smoking and Health (ASH). Cessation: The Right to Health was released to recognize the World No Tobacco Day (May 31st) 2021 theme of Commit to Quit….
…policies, practices and priorities. https://www.savingblacklives.org. About Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Founded in 1967, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is America’s oldest anti-tobacco organization, dedicated to a world…
…their statement that it “…intends to make this proposed rule one of the Agency’s highest priorities”; a priority we emphatically agree with. Menthol advertising violates the right to health of…
Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202)390-9513 97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) leads 97 organizations from around the world in…
…non-menthol users, and therefore have a harder time quitting (source). The health consequences of African American adult smokers speak volumes: 67% of overall health disparities in mortality in African American…
…action. If tobacco companies truly supported women’s rights and especially their right to health, every tobacco company would stop selling tobacco products. Read additional resources from STOP Partners here>…
Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021….
…no one is left behind. The WHO FCTC reaffirms the right of all people to the highest attainable standard of health. My fourth point concerns the need for a multisectoral…
…right now would be ludicrous. The same might be said for working to end the tobacco epidemic during an historic pandemic, deep racial fissures, and in the midst of an…
…of tobacco is irreconcilable with the human right to health. For the tobacco industry, the UNGPs [United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights] therefore require the cessation of…
…health and human rights. As the Danish Institute for Human Rights concluded a few years ago, “tobacco is deeply harmful to human health, and there can be no doubt that…
…Commissioner for Human Rights and other UN agencies and processes, including (among numerous others): Suggested addition to the General Comment on Scientific Progress and Economic, Social and Cultural Rights Response…
…number of human rights, most clearly, the right to health. At ASH, we’ve been working on a human rights approach to tobacco control for several years, but in 2020, the…
…on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination (CERD) includes requirements to ensure that all people have the right to public health. Tobacco violates numerous human rights, but most…
…Health (ASH) Dr. Flavia Senkubuge, President at The Colleges of Medicine of South Africa Professor Steve Marks, François-Xavier Bagnoud Professor of Health and Human Rights at Harvard T.H. Chan School…
…Puznowski (left) with 2 youth advocates during the public hearing for the Dolgeville Tobacco law, and author Rachel Johnson (right) Preparation 1. Work with your local youth group or if…
…be removed from the market. As the Danish Institute for Human Rights put it: “Tobacco is deeply harmful to human health, and there can be no doubt that the production…
