Carolyn Dresler – Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights & Tobacco Arendtm April 2, 2020 ASH in the News, Blog, News & Events 1 ASH Webinar on Coronavirus, Human Rights and Tobacco April 2, 2020 Statement from Carolyn Dresler, MD, MPA Thank you for joining our webinar discussion on this important topic. A question that is pertinen...
ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan Arendtm November 26, 2019 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Laurent Huber speaking at the plenary session ASH has been working tirelessly to use human rights tools to advance health around the world. Recently, we were invited to bring this work to Japan. While Ja...
15 Organizations Report to the UN Human Rights Council that the U.S. Fails to Protect the Right to Health Arendtm October 3, 2019 ASH in the News, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News Media Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 Read the UPR Submission Here WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 3, 2019 – Today, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH), in partnership with 14 civil...
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...
Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World Arendtm April 30, 2019 GLOBAL FORUM ON HUMAN RIGHTS AND A TOBACCO-FREE WORLD 2019 ASH and our colleagues at Romania 2035 Tobacco-Free Generation Initiative, and the European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention, along with ...
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 2 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 3 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...
Social Media Arendtm March 21, 2019 HRC Please save an image or link to a video below to share your support for this concept by tagging #TobaccoViolation #HumanRights On Twitter and Instagram, please tag @ASHorg. On Facebook, we are @ASHglobalActio...
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...
History of the Human Rights and Tobacco Control Network (HRTCN) Arendtm February 26, 2019 The Human Rights Tobacco Control Network (HRTCN) began at a first international meeting, held in Lausanne, Switzerland in November 2008 with a small cohort of approximately 20 partners from around the world. Th...
Parallel issues Dave Krogle February 5, 2019 HRC There are numerous other issues that provide legal or political precedent that can be applied to tobacco and human rights. Environmental issues not directly relevant to tobaccoThis guide explains how local ...
Academic articles Dave Krogle February 5, 2019 HRC This is a non-exhaustive list of scholarly writings on the subjects of tobacco control and human rights. 2008-Leslie London A human rights approach to health is critical to address growing global health ...
Global Mechanisms Dave Krogle February 5, 2019 HRC This global mechanisms section encompasses official documents including resolutions, statements, letters, and more that pertain to tobacco control and human rights at the international level, but do not fall un...
Tobacco and Human Rights Hub Dave Krogle February 5, 2019 HRC Advocacy Tools for the Fight for the Right to Health When people think of tobacco, they often think of it as a public health problem, but it is a human rights problem as well. The marketing and sale of t...
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 ...
Cape Town Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-free World Arendtm February 27, 2018 To sign on, email your organization's name and logo to HQ@ash.org. Individuals can sign on here. See some photos from our WCTOH declaration photo booth here. Read Press Release here. En Español | En Fr...
