The marketing and sale of tobacco products violate the right to health and life of all people globally
ICTC is the lead author of this Cessation Report with ASH on the importance of incorporating cessation ...
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) is the world’s first public health treaty. It was negotiated as the world's response to the global tobacco epidemic. The FCTC was completed in 2003, and ...
Some advocates have begun using human rights arguments in litigation against the tobacco industry.
Below are several cases relevant to human rights, but this list is far from exhaustive of all tobacco litig...
Help ASH participate in the 7th round of the tobacco treaty negotiations in India this November. Every donation made from June 1 - 30, 2016 will be matched by a private donor, up to $2,000.
Building on...
ASH Policy Director Chris Bostic, Richard Daynard, and Tamar Lawrence-Samuel (Corporate Accountability International) shed some light on the untapped potential in the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control.
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Many Americans view smoking, and secondhand smoke, as a problem that has mostly been solved, at least in the United States.
However, only half of all Americans are protected from exposure to secondhand smoke...
In a shot at Russian President Vladimir Putin, the United States will not send a delegation to Moscow this month to participate in global health talks that hold major implications for the tobacco and burgeoning...
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U.S. NO LONGER LEADS IN TOBACCO WARS
American Efforts to Cut Tobacco Use Fall Behind Those Abroad
The United States, once a leader in public health measures on tobacco, is fal...
The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs)—which range from halving extreme poverty rates to halting the spread of HIV/AIDS—form a blueprint agreed to by all the world’s countries and leading develo...
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The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Action on Smoking and Health has been instrumental in the success of the global tobacco control treaty by supporting and servi...