Learning resources
There are many tools to assist advocates in becoming more well-versed in the area of human rights. Below are some helpful resources.
ASH put together this resource as a guide for advocates that would like t...
Regional Mechanisms
In addition to global mechanisms and international human rights treaty bodies, there are several regional bodies. They are responsible for the human rights in their respective regions, and therefore, can be v...
Statement on Hawaii Phasing Out Cigarette Sales
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber
Monday, February 4, 2019
ASH fully supports Hawaii’s proposal to phase cigarettes out of the Hawaiian market by 2024. Cigarettes are highly engineered nico...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World
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...
Human Rights Day 2016
December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...
We must protect our health gains
What will the next four years hold for the anti-tobacco movement in the U.S.? We can't say for sure, and if the recent track record of pollsters tells us anything, it is that concrete political predictions are ...
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...
ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story
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Contact: Megan Arendt
Office: 202-659-4310
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ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story
The World We Need
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Novembe...
VANISH
Every. Six. Seconds. A new tragedy hits as a new person dies from a tobacco-related disease. Each person leaves a hole in our families, communities, and society when they vanish.
This is unacceptable. This i...
Dutch lawyer starts criminal case against tobacco firms
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...
Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)
On April 5, 2016, Action on Smoking and Health and two of our partner organizations, Fundación InterAmericana del Corazón Argentina and the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, will present t...
Manhattan Co-op Resident Wins $120K In Lawsuit Over Secondhand Smoke Infiltration
A Manhattan Supreme Court judge has awarded a co-op apartment owner more than $120,000 in maintenance and fees after she sued over damage to her place from people smoking in neighboring apartments, which she sa...
On Twitter, e-cigarette ads spread like secondhand smoke
Several states have enacted laws limiting where e-cigarettes can be used -- after citing public health concerns -- but as no federal law has been created to curtail e-cigarette advertising, companies are resort...
New Global Anti-tobacco Leadership
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Contact: Megan Arendt
Email: arendtm@ash.org
New Global Anti-tobacco Leadership
After twelve years of success, ASH passes FCA baton to HealthBridge
WASHINGTON, D.C. – January 20,...
First Singapore, now Norway calls for tobacco sales ban on those born after 2000
January 2016: The president of the Norwegian Medical Association, Marit Hermansen, has called for a ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2000 as a first step to create a smoke-free society ...
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...
Obama’s Legacy on Tobacco
President Obama is moving to cement a significant legacy in the fight against smoking.
Despite Obama’s own struggles with cigarettes, many public health advocates see him as a champion on the issue, and a se...
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An exposé on one product causing death worldwide
As you saw in the video, Big Tobacco uses their super villain tactics to market and sell a deadly consumer product. Here are ...
Argentine Supreme Court upholds tobacco marketing ban
November 3, 2015
The Supreme Court of Argentina protected the right to health over the tobacco industry’s interests
The high court rejected a lawsuit filed by Nobleza Piccardo (British American To...
Smoked meat is NOT as dangerous as smoked tobacco
Most regular readers of the ASH blog will have heard the news from the World Health Organization (WHO) that smoked and preserved meats are now known carcinogens. Far too many news outlets, eager to sensationali...
Push grows to target tobacco, health in Pacific trade rules
No final consensus has been reached on whether any exclusion would target only tobacco companies or shield a wider range of government regulations from legal action, but Australia's Andrew Robb is optimistic ab...
UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer
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Contact: Megan Arendt
Office: 202-659-4310
Email: arendtm@ash.org
UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer
Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at UN Summi...
CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking
The CVS Health Corporation said on Tuesday that it would resign from theU.S. Chamber of Commerce after revelations that the chamber and its foreign affiliates were undertaking a global lobbying campaign against...