UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Arendtm September 25, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 1 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org UN Officially Recognizes that Tobacco Makes the World Poorer Sustainable Development Goals Adopted at UN Summi...
On Our Way to Achieving the “Impossible” Arendtm July 15, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News When ASH first began its post-2015 UN development agenda campaign in 2013, it was perceived as nearly impossible to integrate tobacco control into the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), let alone the Fina...
We’re Almost There! Arendtm April 1, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events In the past two and half years, ASH has been working to ensure that tobacco control is included in the new UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals are being created to set countries’ development ag...
Progress in ASH’s Post-2015 Program Arendtm December 22, 2014 Blog We’re almost there. This year, tobacco control was included in several key United Nations (UN) documents that will change our future. We know that mentioning tobacco control and tobacco control treaties in U...
Tobacco Costs the World More than GDP of All Low Income Countries Arendtm July 21, 2014 Blog “Tobacco use alone costs the world 1-2% of its GDP each year,” Helen Clark, administrator of the United Nations Development Program told the United Nations on July 11th. The world’s GDP in 2013 was nearly $...
Health Preemption Behind Closed Doors: Trade Agreements and Fast-Track Authority Arendtm July 18, 2014 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Eric Crosbie, MA, Mariaelena Gonzalez, PhD, and Stanton A. Glantz, PhD ABSTRACT Noncommunicable diseases result from consuming unhealthy products, including tobacco, which are promoted by transnational co...
