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Fighting for your Right to Health | CERD Day 2023

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March 20, 2023
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Our goal at ASH is to protect everyone from the harms of tobacco. One way we strive to achieve that goal is by reducing health inequities and fighting for everyone’s right to health. In honor of International ...

Dr. Carolyn Dresler, 2022 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award Recipient, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees

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January 24, 2023
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt-Manning (202) 659 – 4310 Dr. Carolyn Dresler, 2022 C. Everett Koop Unsung Hero Award Recipient, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees Lung Health and Human Rights ...

The Importance of Cessation Following FDA Regulatory Momentum

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August 15, 2022
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Guest Author: Dr. Carolyn Dresler, ASH Volunteer The FDA has recently made several exciting announcements, proposing new rules and making decisions about tobacco products. For one, JUUL is to be removed from...

Groundbreaking Tobacco Endgame Proposal from FDA on Reducing Nicotine in Cigarettes

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June 22, 2022
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Groundbreaking Tobacco Endgame Proposal from FDA on Reducing Nicotine in Cigarettes ASH Welcomes Biden Administration’s Announcement on Reducing Nicotine WASHINGTON, DC – June 22, 2022 – Action on Smoking and...

ASH Comment to FDA on Menthol

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June 10, 2022
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ASH submitted our comment to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on June 6, 2022, asking them to remove menthol from tobacco products. Read ASH's comment here> This comment is submitted in response to t...

Lawsuit Against the FDA Dismissed in Light of Menthol Rulemaking Process

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June 1, 2022
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Lawsuit Against the FDA Dismissed in Light of Menthol Rulemaking Process Joint Statement from the Plaintiffs Declaring Victory WASHINGTON, DC – June 1, 2022 –Today, we are pleased to announce that we are dism...

Statement on FDA’s Proposed Rule Banning Menthol as a Characterizing Flavor

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April 28, 2022
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt 202-390-9513 Statement on FDA’s Proposed Rule Banning Menthol as a Characterizing Flavor Statement of Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)...

Joint Statement from the Plaintiffs on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol

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April 28, 2022
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Joint Statement from the Plaintiffs on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol A Powerful Step Towards Saving Lives WASHINGTON, DC – April 28, 2022 –Today, we celebrate with all Americans that the Food and...

ASH Commends FDA for Finally Starting Process to Save Black Lives

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February 25, 2022
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 659 – 4310 ASH Commends FDA for Finally Starting Process to Save Black Lives Menthol in Cigarettes is a Known Deadly Combination that Must End WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 25...

Social Justice in Public Health

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February 17, 2022
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February 20th is World Day of Social Justice. The UN General Assembly recognizes that “social development and social justice are indispensable for the achievement and maintenance of peace and security within an...

ASH Welcomes New FDA Commissioner

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February 16, 2022
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February 15, 2022 Dear Dr. Califf, Click here to download a PDF of the letter. Congratulations on your confirmation as the new FDA Commissioner. In addition to sending our congratulations on behalf of o...
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ASH’s Accomplishments in 2021

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December 16, 2021
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ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry – producing, marketing, and selling addictive products that kill when use as intended – violates human rights, such as the right to...
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Reducing Inequalities and Advancing Human Rights Through Tobacco Control

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December 9, 2021
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Every December 10th is Human Rights Day, and this year (2021) the theme is “Equality- Reducing inequalities, advancing human rights.” For ASH, this theme is very welcome, as we strive to center our tobacco cont...
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Support For U.S. FDA’s Menthol Ban

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April 29, 2021
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There is vast global support for the U.S. to ban menthol cigarettes, as several countries have already done. The University of Bath’s Tobacco Tactics website lists all the other countries that have banne...
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Joint Statement: The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans

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April 29, 2021
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The FDA Agrees to Ban Menthol, To Protect African Americans The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) responds to a lawsuit filed by ASH, AATCLC, AMA, and NMA on Saving Black Lives WASHING...

Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol

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April 29, 2021
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Statement on FDA’s Response in Favor of Banning Menthol Statement of Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) WASHINGTON, DC – April 29, 2021 –Today, we celebrate with all ...

97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol

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April 21, 2021
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202)390-9513 97 Organizations Agree, UN Human Rights Committee Must Address Menthol Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) leads 97 organizations from around the wo...

Tobacco Companies Racially Discriminate Against Minorities

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April 16, 2021
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 Tobacco use disproportionately affects many marginalized populations, including racial and ethnic minorities, who have a long and documented history of being aggressively targeted by the tobacco industry. ...

Human Rights Day 2020

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December 9, 2020
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Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th is International Human Rights Day, in observation of the day that the UN General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). This landmark document s...
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National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA

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December 3, 2020
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National Medical Association (NMA) Joins AATCLC, AMA and ASH in Lawsuit Against the FDA Lawsuit seeks to require the FDA to take action on menthol cigarettes Media Contacts: AATCLC: Tracy Brown, 888-881-6619...
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American Medical Association (AMA) Joins AATCLC & ASH in Lawsuit Against FDA

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September 3, 2020
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AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (AMA) JOINS AATCLC AND ASH IN LAWSUIT AGAINST THE FDA The Timely Lawsuit Highlights the Lack of Protection Endured by Thousands of African Americans From Mentholated Tobacco Produc...
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ASH & AATCLC File Lawsuit Against FDA

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June 17, 2020
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This press release was re-issued on September 3rd and December 3rd, 2020 with the addition of the American Medical Association (AMA) and National Medical Association (NMA) as a co-plantiffs. See the latest news...

The FDA tried to ban flavors years before the vaping outbreak. Top Obama officials rejected the plan

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October 4, 2019
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Excerpt: Instead, over the course of 46 days, a deluge of more than 100 tobacco industry lobbyists and small business advocates met with White House officials as they weighed whether to include the ban as pa...
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Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on FDA and Graphic Warning Labels: Glacial and Unwilling, but in the Right Direction

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August 16, 2019
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AUGUST 16, 2019 - This week the Food and Drug Administration announced a comment period for a proposed rule to require graphic health warnings on cigarette packages and advertisements (pictured above). If t...
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FDA wants to ban menthol cigarettes. Why not all cigarettes?

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November 14, 2018
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Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659 - 4310 WASHINGTON, DC – November 15, 2018 – This week FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb announced his intention to begin the process for banning the sale...
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