The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH
Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main phone line forwarding to cell phones. So when the world went ...
ASH Statement: U.S. Rejoins the World Health Organization
Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health
Washington, DC - January 21, 2021 - Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) applauds President Biden for rejoining the World Health Org...
Why Tobacco Still Matters
By: Chris Bostic, Policy Director at ASH
January 12, 2021
Our national house is on fire. And it’s flooded. And it’s falling into a sinkhole. Focusing on a broken window right now would be ludicrous.
The ...
Study reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infection in the airways
Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program released a new study which reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infections in the airways.
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ASH Webinar Series
Read our COVID-19 & Tobacco Policy & Communications Toolkit here
ASH began this webinar series as the COVID-19 pandemic began in March 2020 to fill an information gap that existed. We've continued t...
Opinion in The Hill: Suggestion that smoking protects from COVID-19 may be dangerous to public health
BY DR. JOHN MAA AND BONNIE HALPERN-FELSHER, OPINION CONTRIBUTORS — 05/11/20 06:00 PM EDT
THE VIEWS EXPRESSED BY CONTRIBUTORS ARE THEIR OWN AND NOT THE VIEW OF THE HILL
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Response: States Can Stop Selling Cigarettes During the COVID-19 Pandemic
I read with interest Representative Krishnamoorthi's opinion piece on banning electronic cigarette sales during the pandemic (FDA can boost the coronavirus battle by pausing the sale of e-cigarettes 4/29/20). I...
Sign on Letter: Tobacco Industry Pandemic Misinformation
May 8, 2020
Read the sign on letter here
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) joined the public health community in its call to the United Nations (UN) to include the tobacco industry misinformation in the...
COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit
Read the Toolkit Here
COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit
We are in the midst of an historic pandemic, and governments are taking unprecedented measures to mitigate the death toll. Smokers...
Linda Bailey – Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19
ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Statement from Linda Bailey, JD, MHS
President and CEO, North American Quitline Consortium (NAQC)
ABOUT NAQC: NAQ...
Chris Bostic – Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19
ASH Webinar on Tobacco Cessation, Production & Sales in Light of COVID-19
April 16, 2020
Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at ASH
I’m mostly going to focus on the responsibilities o...
ASH Statement: Leaving and Halting Funding to the World Health Organization Harms More Than the COVID-19 Response
Statement from Action on Smoking & Health
Leaving and Halting Funding to the World Health Organization Harms More Than the COVID-19 Response*
Contact: Megan Arendt
arendtm@ash.org
(202) 659-4310
WASHIN...
Carolyn Dresler – Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights & Tobacco
ASH Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights and Tobacco
April 2, 2020
Statement from Carolyn Dresler, MD, MPA
Thank you for joining our webinar discussion on this important topic.
A question that is pertinen...
Sheltering in Place – An Opportunity to Finally Quit Smoking
By: Dr. Harry Lando, Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota
Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy, Action on Smoking & Health
We are living throug...
Coronavirus Update
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Resources on COVID-19
"Congruent results from two analytical approaches support a causal effect of smoking on risk of severe COVID-19." Sept...