Dossier: Tobacco’s big child labour problem Arendtm May 16, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The precise number of children involved in the tobacco industry is unknown but is thought to be in the tens of millions. More than 152m children are engaged in labour, 71 per cent of them in agriculture, ra...
Bucharest Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free Europe Arendtm April 11, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 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...
Do industries that kill more people than they employ have a right to exist? Arendtm April 3, 2019 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News A new study outlines why the tobacco and coal industries warrant "corporate death sentences." ROBBY BERMAN 24 February, 2019 Read on BigThink.com...
Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm March 24, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, Global Action for Everyone's Health, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 2 Romanian President Klaus Iohannis speaking at the Forum This unique and historic event brought together global leaders in human rights and public health to discuss ways to advance worldwide efforts to comb...
No Legal Right to Smoke Arendtm March 5, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates In our work, we spend a lot of time arguing for people’s rights. The right to be free from targeted advertising by the tobacco industry. The right to access cessation products. The right to be free from sec...
Action Review: Fourth Quarter Edition 2018 ash December 20, 2018 E-Newsletter How the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights impacts tobacco For the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ASH Deputy Director for Policy Chris Bostic...
70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights Arendtm December 10, 2018 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events 1 December 10 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 set out, for the first ...
Action Review: Third Quarter Edition 2018 ash October 19, 2018 E-Newsletter Over 100 Towns in Sri Lanka Stop Cigarette Sales Over 100 towns across Sri Lanka have boycotted the sale of cigarettes with an aim to discourage smoking and making Sri Lanka a tobacco-free nation, the Health M...
Remembering our core mission: reducing death and disease Arendtm June 27, 2018 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News By Laurent Huber, Executive Director The tobacco control community is at a crossroads. The evidence in unequivocal: the most widely consumed nicotine delivery product, combustible cigarettes, an addictive an...
Déclaration du Cape Town sur les droits de l’Homme et un monde sans tabac Arendtm June 15, 2018 News & Events 1 Pour vous connecter, envoyez le nom et le logo de votre organisation à HQ@ash.org. Les particuliers peuvent signer ici. Voir quelques photos de notre photomaton de déclaration WCTOH ici. In English | ...
Declaración de Cape Town sobre derechos humanos y un mundo libre de tabaco Arendtm June 12, 2018 News & Events 1 Para iniciar sesión, envíe el nombre y el logotipo de su organización a HQ@ash.org. Las personas pueden registrarse aquí. Vea algunas fotos de nuestro stand fotográfico WCTOH aquí. In English | En Fran...
A World Without Tobacco Deaths Arendtm May 30, 2018 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 Statement from Executive Director Laurent Huber Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 - 4310 WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 30, 2018 – Tomorrow is World No Tobacco Day, a day when we remind ourselves of the epidemic of di...
Add your name to the Cape Town Declaration Arendtm May 29, 2018 Blog, Featured News & Events, Related News 3 ...
Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm March 9, 2018 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2 Read the PDF Tobacco is increasingly being recognized globally as a human rights challenge. This is reflected by the Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights being adopted by the World Conference on Tobacco or ...
ASH: The Big Picture Arendtm December 19, 2017 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette free” and earned numerous victories across each of our progr...
95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 – Today, 95 organizations from around the globe published an open letter to Philip Morris International (PMI) demanding that they immediately cease the production, marketin...
Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events 2 September 14, 2017 André Calantzopoulos Chief Executive Officer Philip Morris International Avenue de Rhodanie 50 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Dear Mr. Calantzopoulos, The undersign...
The world’s largest tobacco company wanted good press – but it backfired Arendtm May 29, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Re-printed as an English translation with permission from Buzzfeed Germany, original article in German here. Stop producing or marketing tobacco! This is what an Institute for Human Rights has recommended to ...
Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights Arendtm May 21, 2017 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Action on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should cease “the production and marketing of tobacco.” Read the...
PMI Befriends Human Rights Org Arendtm May 2, 2017 Featured News & Events, Related News Read the Press Release that followed this campaign. Read the sign-on letter to PMI that followed that press release, where 123 organizations in 40+ countries call on Philip Morris International to immediatel...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm December 19, 2016 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, Smoke Alarms 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 Arendtm December 7, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 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...
Pepsico, Philip Morris Face Human Rights Resolutions Arendtm April 8, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News The resolution urges companies to agree to participate in mediation of any alleged human rights violations if requested by certain governmental agencies identified by the OECD. It calls for the companies to ...
Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights? Arendtm April 5, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 2 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights? Inter-American Commission Ponders Question WASHINGTON, D.C. – April 6, 2016...
Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Tobacco Addiction and the Right to Health Arendtm March 29, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, Press Releases FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: ASH: Megan Arendt / ArendtM@ash.org O’Neill Institute: Karen Teber / Km463@georgetown.edu FIC Argentina: Patricia Gutkowski/ prensa@ficargentina.org WASHINGTON, DC...
