ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
National Public Health Week (NPHW) took place April 1-7 and this years themes included:
Ensuring a safe and healthy home for your family
Providing a sa...
ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
ASH is pleased to report that the world made good progress at the recent meeting of health
ministers from around the globe (The 66th World Health Assembly or ...
Within the framework of World No Tobacco Day, PAHO/WHO warns that these two risk factors cause the most deaths in the region.
Washington, D.C., 5 June 2013 (PAHO/WHO) – Tobacco consumption increases the risk...
Tobacco is a Deadly Product
- Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
- Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year, of whom more than 5 million are from direct tobacco use and more tha...
When assessing information presented by the tobacco industry, the US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and regulatory bodies in other countries, should be aware that they are dealing with compan...
The more stringent the laws, the better the health benefits, American researchers found
Hospital admissions for heart attacks fell by 15%, strokes by 16% and those for respiratory diseases such as asthma b...
ASH takes action against the tobacco epidemic on a global scale. The tobacco industry does not limit itself to a geographic area, and neither can we. Our goal is to see U.S. tobacco control through a global l...