ASH Priorities at COP10
Introduction
In 2005, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) entered into force, becoming a legally binding treaty that has now been joined by more than 180 countries. Parties to the FCTC meet ...
The Astounding Impact of UN Treaties on Public Health
By: Laurent Huber, Executive Director of ASH
I have now spent over two decades working on UN treaties and international processes with the aim of ending the negative health, social and economic consequences ...
208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies
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Megan Manning
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208 Organizations Unite to Call on UN Committee to Recommend Stronger Tobacco Control Policies
The UN Committee on the Elimination of all for...
INC-2 Statement from Action on Smoking and Health, the African Tobacco Control Alliance, Corporate Accountability and other members of the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance
Agenda Item 4 of the Second Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment (INC2)
Opti...
Health and Environmental Advocates to INC-2 in France: Ban Cigarette Filters
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Megan Manning
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PARIS, FRANCE - May 31, 2023 - On the occasion of World No Tobacco Day, health and environmental advocates gathered at the UN Plastic Treaty Conference in Paris ...
20th Anniversary of the Adoption of the WHO FCTC
Today, May 21, 2023 marks the 20th anniversary of the adoption of The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) by the World Health Assembly. The FCTC is the first international treaty negotiated u...
Plastic Pollution INC Stakeholders Meeting | ASH Statement
Oral statement | Action on Smoking and Health | January 31, 2023
Proposed Objective:
To protect future generations from the environmental, health and other burdens of plastic pollution.
The objective sho...
ASH at the Tobacco Industry Monitoring, Research and Accountability Course
Summer 2022 - ASH staff was fortunate enough to be accepted to participate in an extensive research course called “Tobacco Industry Monitoring, Research and Accountability” hosted by our partners at the Tobacco...
Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
Oral Statement Prepared for the ECOSOC Partnership Forum
On behalf of Action on Smoking and Health and 29 signatory organizations, I would like to take a moment to draw attention to the importance of address...
Joint Statement: 4th UN HRC Intersessional Meeting on Human Rights & the 2030 Agenda
Click here to download a PDF of the statement
Statement to the Fourth Human Rights Council intersessional meeting for Dialogue and Cooperation on Human Rights and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development...
The Right to Health and Cessation
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Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo – Webinar on Tobacco Endgame in Spain
ASH Webinar on Tobacco Endgame in Spain
February 11, 2021
Statement from Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Thank you for the o...
Publication from the Secretariat of the WHO FCTC
November 11, 2020
With COP9 postponed one year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) released this new publication:
Global Strategy to A...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco
ASH Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco
November 10, 2020
Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH
Article 19: How it has been utilized, how...
Webinars During COP Week 2020
The week of November 9 - 13, 2020 was originally the date for global tobacco control advocates, government representatives, and UN agencies to meet at the Hague in the Netherlands to participate in the biannual...
Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want
ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want
June 11, 2020
Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH
I wanted to give you all a quick overview of the tobacco treaty- the Framework...
ASH Statement: Dutch Parliament Moves to Drastically Reduce Tobacco Sales
Statement from Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Dutch Parliament Moves to Drastically Reduce Tobacco Sales
Contact: Megan Arendt
arendtm@ash.org
(202) 659-4310
THE HAGUE, NETHERLANDS – MARCH 3, 2020 – Ea...
ASH Statement: The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical
Statement of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical
Contact: Megan Arendt
arendtm@ash.org
(202) 659-4310
On January 23, 2020, the...
New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy
Read the Report Here
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Megan Arendt
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New Report Highlights Tobacco Industry Meddling to Weaken Public Health Policy
The Tobacco (Including Vaping) Industry ...
Joint Letter to the United Nations Secretary-General
Secretary General António Guterres 19 July 2019
United Nations, S-233
New York, NY 10027
D...
Bucharest Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free Europe
This Resolution came out of discussions that began at the Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World on March 26, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania and continued at the annual European Network for Smoking a...
The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
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Academic articles
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Using Human Rights Arguments in Litigation
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Global Mechanisms – The United Nations
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