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208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies

August 8, 2023

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Media Contact: Megan Manning ManningM@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies The UN Committee on the Elimination of all for...

Call for Organizations to Sign On

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July 19, 2023

News & Events

Update: August 8, 2023 Press Release: 208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies Background - Joint CERD Report - August 2022 Current Sign On -...

The FDA’s Delay: One Year and Counting

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April 28, 2023

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If you could press a button and save lives, how long would you wait to press it? 1 minute? 1 hour? How about a day or a week? What about a year? Today (April 28, 2023) marks one year since the Food and Drug ...

Fighting for your Right to Health | CERD Day 2023

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March 20, 2023

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Our goal at ASH is to protect everyone from the harms of tobacco. One way we strive to achieve that goal is by reducing health inequities and fighting for everyone’s right to health. In honor of International ...

ASH’s Ongoing Work at CERD

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September 6, 2022

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September 2022 – This year, many people and organizations have focused their energy on social justice, and ASH is no exception. As you may know, this summer, ASH led 120 organizations in submitting a report ...

ASH at NCTOH in New Orleans

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August 29, 2022

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Author: Alexa Arejian, ASH Project Assistant Nichelle Gray presenting at NCTOH August 2022 - This year, the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) was hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the ...

120 Organizations Call on UN Committee to Recommend US Remove Menthol

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August 9, 2022

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120 Organizations Call on UN Committee to Recommend US Remove Menthol Tobacco Companies’ Marketing Tactics Violate Black Americans’ Right to be Free from Racial Discrimination Click here to read the join...

Call for Organizations to Sign On

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June 10, 2022

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Black Americans have been intentionally targeted by the tobacco industry for decades. As a result, nearly 9 out of 10 of African Americans that smoke, smoke menthols. Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), the Af...

97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol

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April 21, 2021

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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 wo...

Human Rights Day 2020

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December 9, 2020

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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 landmark document s...

Using International Tools to Fight Menthol

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November 19, 2020

HRC

Black Americans have been intentionally targeted by the tobacco industry for decades. As a result, nearly 9 out of 10 of African Americans that smoke, smoke menthols.The International Convention on the Eliminat...

Using Human Rights Arguments in Litigation

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

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International Human Rights Treaty Bodies

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

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