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CNCT – Filtergate: opening of a preliminary investigation

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May 4, 2018
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Translated by CNCT from their French release here. Following the filing of a complaint by the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) for endangering the lives of others due to the manipulation of filters b...

Tobacco firms in France cheated nicotine tests: anti-smoking body

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February 14, 2018
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Four tobacco companies operating in France manipulated tests to conceal the real level of nicotine and tar contained in cigarettes, endangering the lives of smokers, a French anti-smoking organization alleged i...

FINALLY! Corrective Ads Published!

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November 20, 2017
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**UPDATE 3** - Beginning on November 26, 2017 the public will begin seeing long-awaited “corrective statements” by the tobacco industry on television and in newspapers. The major U.S. tobacco companies were ...

Tobacco Industry Accused of Murder: Criminal Case Against Tobacco Industry, ASH reports

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July 17, 2017
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Action on Smoking & Health Draws on “Sick of Smoking’s” Current Legal Challenge Against Tobacco Companies in the Netherlands to Highlight Criminal Liability WASHINGTON, D.C. – Tuesday, July 18, 2017 – ...

Monograph: The Economics of Tobacco & Tobacco Contol

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January 13, 2017
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This collaborative analysis from the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization is the result of several years' work from noted experts in economics, public health and law. It is the most detai...
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No Safe Use of Tobacco

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July 15, 2016
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Tasmania, an Australian island off the Southern coast, is considering an historic step for tobacco control. The Legislative Council is currently considering a proposal called Tobacco Free Generation (TFG), whic...
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Bill to raise legal smoking age to 21 in Guam passes

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June 17, 2016
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Guam lawmakers Friday passed legislation aimed at curbing the island’s rate of tobacco users by increasing the minimum age to purchase tobacco-related products, and electronic cigarettes, to 21. Read more&g...
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Tobacco Firms Lose Court Challenge Over Packaging

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May 19, 2016
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The tobacco industry lost its High Court challenge to the UK government's regulations on standardised "plain" cigarette packaging. Read more>...
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California Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking, Vaping Age to 21

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March 11, 2016
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California lawmakers voted Thursday to raise the legal age for purchasing and using tobacco and e-cigarettes from 18 to 21, putting the nation's most populous state on the brink of becoming only the second afte...
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Human Rights Day 2015

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December 8, 2015
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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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Criminal Cases about Consumer Products

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December 2, 2015
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The tobacco epidemic continues to spread around the world. Tobacco is unique – no other product kills half of its consumers when used exactly as intended. If tobacco products were released as new products toda...
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Video Exposé on a Deadly Consumer Product

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November 30, 2015
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt, 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Video Exposé on a Deadly Consumer Product Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) releases parody video exposing #1 cause o...
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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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Michael Bloomberg says big tobacco preys on the world’s poor

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October 20, 2015
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Bloomberg said: "Someday somebodies going to come along and say to the people who are running these companies, you are killing people. If you kill somebody on the streets with a gun or beat them over the head, ...
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International Day of the Girl

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October 8, 2015
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In 2011, the United Nations General Assembly declared October 11 as the International Day of the Girl, to recognize girls’ rights and the unique challenges that girls face around the world. Girls and women arou...
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Push grows to target tobacco, health in Pacific trade rules

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October 1, 2015
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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...
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What does peanut butter have to do with tobacco?

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September 21, 2015
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Recently, a landmark case was decided in federal court in Georgia. The subject of the case? Peanut butter. The Peanut Butter Case: United States of America vs. Stewart Parnell From 2008-2009, there was an out...
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Ukraine drops WTO action against Australian tobacco-packaging laws

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June 3, 2015
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(Reuters) - Ukraine has suspended a case it was pursuing through the World Trade Organization aimed at overturning Australia's strict tobacco packaging laws, a WTO panel of adjudicators said in a statement publ...
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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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Tobacco Companies Ordered to Pay $15B in Damages

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June 2, 2015
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Three tobacco companies have been ordered to pay $15 billion in damages after losing a historic court case. Judge Brian Riordan on Monday ruled in favour of two groups representing Quebec smokers, ordering I...
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Tobacco Free Generation

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April 9, 2015
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In Tasmania, Australia last week, a bill was introduced to the Legislative Council that would create a “Tobacco Free Generation.” You can read the draft text of the bill here>. The phrase tobacco free g...
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Resources: Criminal Liability for Tobacco Executives

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March 13, 2015
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ASH Resources Blog: If Drug Dealers Can Be Found Criminally Liable, Can Big Tobacco? Description: Drug dealers can and have been charged with murder or manslaughter when death results from the drugs they sold...
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Increasing the Minimum Age

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February 5, 2015
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In the past few years, several localities have increased the minimum age to buy tobacco products to 21. The first to increase the minimum sales age to 21 was Needham, MA, a suburb of Boston, in 2005. Following ...
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Uruguay Presents Defense Against Philip Morris Tobacco Lawsuit

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November 13, 2014
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Uruguay has presented a 500 page document to defend itself against an international lawsuit challenging the country's tough tobacco packaging regulations. The claim was brought by Philip Morris, the global toba...
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Cigarettes, Unbranded

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September 11, 2014
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The products are virtually indistinguishable from one another, yet they retain more loyalty than Mac computers. And an expensive international legal battle is raging over them. Why? Because the products—cigaret...
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