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Action Review: Fourth Quarter Edition 2018

December 20, 2018

How the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights impacts tobacco For the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ASH Deputy Director for Policy Chris Bostic...

CNCT – Filtergate: opening of a preliminary investigation

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May 4, 2018

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Translated by CNCT from their French release here. Following the filing of a complaint by the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) for endangering the lives of others due to the manipulation of filters b...

Dutch Prosecutor Rejects Tobacco Criminal Case; Many Arguments for Appeal Exist

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February 22, 2018

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Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 22, 2018 – We are disappointed in the Dutch Public Prosecution Service’s (DPPS) decision not to file cri...

Tobacco firms in France cheated nicotine tests: anti-smoking body

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February 14, 2018

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Four tobacco companies operating in France manipulated tests to conceal the real level of nicotine and tar contained in cigarettes, endangering the lives of smokers, a French anti-smoking organization alleged i...

Netherlands Cancer Institute files a report against tobacco manufacturers

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February 2, 2018

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The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is the first hospital/research institution in the Netherlands to file a report in the ongoing criminal case against tobacco manufacturers. In doing so, the NKI asks the Pu...

Tobacco Industry Accused of Murder: Criminal Case Against Tobacco Industry, ASH reports

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July 17, 2017

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Action on Smoking & Health Draws on “Sick of Smoking’s” Current Legal Challenge Against Tobacco Companies in the Netherlands to Highlight Criminal Liability WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, July 18, 2017 – ...

Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World

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December 19, 2016

ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms

That’s our vision at ASH, a tobacco-free world. This year marks ASH’s 50th anniversary, and we are as committed as ever to end the tobacco epidemic. With your help, we can achieve this vision. Here’s how we...

Justices turn down Philip Morris appeal of $25M judgment

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May 16, 2016

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WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court has rejected Philip Morris USA’s appeal of a $25 million punitive damages award to the family of a dead smoker in Oregon. The justices on Monday are leaving in place a state ap...

Dutch lawyer starts criminal case against tobacco firms

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May 2, 2016

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A Dutch lawyer and lung cancer patient are planning to take tobacco companies to court for for producing cigarettes designed to turn people into addicts as quickly as possible. Lawyer Benedicte Ficq and canc...

2015 was a Very Bad Year for the Tobacco Industry

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December 18, 2015

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And it’s only going to get worse for them. I was asked two weeks ago to blog about my end-of-year thoughts. Something told me to procrastinate, and I am glad I did. Within 24 hours before putting fingers to ...

ASH 2015 Tobacco Criminal Liability and Tobacco & Human Rights Report Card

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November 16, 2015

Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates

ASH’s tobacco criminal liability program was created to investigate the possibility of holding tobacco corporations and their executives criminally liable for the millions of tobacco-related deaths. The tobacco...

2015 ASH Newspaper

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November 11, 2015

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Resources: Criminal Liability for Tobacco Executives

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March 13, 2015

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ASH Resources Blog: If Drug Dealers Can Be Found Criminally Liable, Can Big Tobacco? Description: Drug dealers can and have been charged with murder or manslaughter when death results from the drugs they sold...

Criminal Liability and Human Rights Violations

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March 13, 2015

Tobacco products kill more people than alcohol, AIDS, car accidents, illegal drugs, murders and suicides combined. Left unchecked, tobacco use will kill 1 billion people this century. As one state Supreme Court...

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