The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH Arendtm April 8, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 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 Arendtm January 21, 2021 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 Arendtm January 13, 2021 Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events 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 Arendtm December 22, 2020 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program released a new study which reveals how smoking worsens COVID-19 infections in the airways. Read more here>...
ASH Webinar Series Arendtm June 4, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 6 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 Arendtm May 12, 2020 Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 Read the article here....
Response: States Can Stop Selling Cigarettes During the COVID-19 Pandemic Arendtm May 8, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 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 Arendtm May 8, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events 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 Arendtm April 24, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 3 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 Arendtm April 16, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, News & Events 3 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 Arendtm April 16, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, News & Events 2 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 Arendtm April 16, 2020 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 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 Arendtm April 2, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, News & Events 2 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 Arendtm March 30, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events 2 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 Arendtm March 10, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 8 Read more about the impact of COVID-19 on ASH's work> Resources on COVID-19 World Health Organization and who is at risk Q&A? WHO FCTC Secretariat's statement on May 4, 2020 Centers fo...
