What if Tobacco Vanished?
Cigarettes have been commercially marketed and sold in the United States for over 100 years. The negative health effects of tobacco have been public knowledge for at least the last 50 years. The death and disea...
Tony Gwynn’s Family Sues Tobacco Industry, Seeking Recourse Over Fatal Habit
The family of Tony Gwynn, a baseball Hall of Famer who died of salivary gland cancer in 2014, filed a wrongful-death lawsuit Monday against the tobacco industry, charging that Gwynn had been manipulated into th...
How Tobacco Companies Factor into the Presidential Primaries
As the first primary elections begin, you are probably thinking about a lot of factors when considering who to vote for. But have you thought about how tobacco plays into the election?
Many people consider...
Japan Tobacco aims to become world’s leading merchant of death
Mitsuomi Koizumi, 58, president of Japan Tobacco Inc., discussed how his company has evolved since its privatization in 1985 as well as its future strategy, in an interview with Yomiuri Shimbun.
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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber
Making Priorities into our Reality
This year has been one filled with milestones for the public health and tobacco control communities.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that will replace the Mille...
Publications
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Policy Papers
ASH works hard to inform and educate policy makers and the public about tobacco prevention and the tobacco industry. A number of informative policy papers ...
32 Schools “Free From Tobacco Money”
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ASH CERTIFIES 32 COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES “FREE FROM TOBACCO MONEY”
In Honor of Their Divestment from Tobacco...
Education before Tobacco Profits
The most recent data shows that the tobacco industry spent more than $1 million a day sponsoring events and giveaways that target college students. Tobacco companies heavily target young adults (ages 18 to 21) ...
Tobacco Deaths & Taxes
In the past, the United States has been a leader in tobacco control. For the last 15 years, though, the U.S. has been falling behind as other countries have moved to protect their people from tobacco addiction ...
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...
A Half Century of Avoidable Death
A Global Perspective on Tobacco in America
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Tobacco is the number one cause of preventable death, and while significant progress has been made, international examp...
Scary anti-smoking ads prompt 100,000-plus to kick habit
An estimated 1.6 million Americans tried to quit and at least 100,000 likely succeeded as a result of graphic anti-smoking ads, a new study says.
Want a smoker to quit? Scare, shock or disgust him. That's what...
Tobacco Statistics & Facts
Together, we can phase cigarettes off the commercial market. Together, we can hold tobacco executives criminally liable for selling a deadly product. Together, we can protect the health of generations to come.
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