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70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights

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December 10, 2018
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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 ...
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Global Forum on Human Rights and Tobacco

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November 9, 2018
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The Global Forum on Human Rights and Tobacco will take place on March 26, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania at the Palace of the Parliament. Email hq@ash.org for more information as this webpage is developed....

Remembering our core mission: reducing death and disease

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June 27, 2018
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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...
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Déclaration du Cape Town sur les droits de l’Homme et un monde sans tabac

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June 15, 2018
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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 | ...
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Declaración de Cape Town sobre derechos humanos y un mundo libre de tabaco

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June 12, 2018
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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

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May 30, 2018
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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

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May 29, 2018
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Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World

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March 9, 2018
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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

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December 19, 2017
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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

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September 14, 2017
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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

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September 14, 2017
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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

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May 29, 2017
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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

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May 21, 2017
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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

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May 2, 2017
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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

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December 19, 2016
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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

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December 7, 2016
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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...
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Pepsico, Philip Morris Face Human Rights Resolutions

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April 8, 2016
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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 ...
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Does Tobacco Violate Human Rights?

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April 5, 2016
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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...
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Inter-American Commission on Human Rights Hearing: Tobacco Addiction and the Right to Health

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March 29, 2016
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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...
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Hearing before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)

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March 21, 2016
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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...
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ASH 2015 Tobacco Criminal Liability and Tobacco & Human Rights Report Card

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November 16, 2015
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ASH’s tobacco criminal liability program was created to investigate the possibility of holding tobacco corporations and their executives criminally liable for the millions of tobacco-related deaths. The tobacco...
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2015 ASH Newspaper

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November 11, 2015
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Tobacco & Human Rights in Latin America

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June 2, 2015
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An article written by ASH Staff Attorney Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy was recently published in the American Bar Association’s “International Law News.” The article discusses the growing problem of tobacco use in Latin...
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ASH participates in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2015

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March 16, 2015
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This week, several representatives of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) will be attending the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi. WCTOH is a five-day scientific conference where presenters hig...
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Tobacco’s Hidden Children

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May 16, 2014
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Hazardous Child Labor in United States Tobacco Farming The Human Rights Watch's 138-page report documents conditions for children working on tobacco farms in four states where 90 % of US tobacco is grown: ...

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