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Why Read the ASH Report?

It can be hard for modern Americans to understand the amount of influence and harm US society has suffered as a result of tobacco. It’s easy to see the disconnect, as it has been over five decades since more t...
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A Half Century of Avoidable Death

A Global Perspective on Tobacco in America   Read the full report here> Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death, and while significant progress has been made, international examp...

About ASH

Vision  A world free from the harm caused by tobacco. Mission To advocate for innovative legal and policy measures to end the global tobacco epidemic. About ASH Good policies don’t just happen. They ...
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Team

Laurent Huber Executive Director Bio   Chris Bostic Policy Director Bio   Megan (Arendt) Manning Associate Director of Communications Blog   Carol ...

Tobacco Treaty

UN Photo/Gitika Noyes The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Action on Smoking and Health has been instrumental in the success of the global tobacco control treaty by supporting and servi...

What We Do

ASH takes action against the tobacco epidemic on a global scale. The tobacco industry does not limit itself to a geographic area, and neither can we. Our goal is to see U.S. tobacco control through a global l...