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Building back better from the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) while advancing the full implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

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February 2, 2022
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Oral Statement Prepared for the ECOSOC Partnership Forum On behalf of Action on Smoking and Health and 29 signatory organizations, I would like to take a moment to draw attention to the importance of address...

The Impact of COVID-19 on ASH

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April 8, 2021
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Before COVID-19, ASH already had a flexible work environment where all staff were encouraged to have a work from home set up, complete with our main phone line forwarding to cell phones. So when the world went ...

End of 2020 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

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December 22, 2020
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In February 2020, Kelsey and I had the honor of presenting the human rights dimensions of the tobacco epidemic at the European Conference on Tobacco or Health (ECTOH) in Berlin, Germany. Twelve months ago, ...
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Response: States Can Stop Selling Cigarettes During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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May 8, 2020
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I read with interest Representative Krishnamoorthi's opinion piece on banning electronic cigarette sales during the pandemic (FDA can boost the coronavirus battle by pausing the sale of e-cigarettes 4/29/20). I...
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Sign on Letter: Tobacco Industry Pandemic Misinformation

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May 8, 2020
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May 8, 2020 Read the sign on letter here Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) joined the public health community in its call to the United Nations (UN) to include the tobacco industry misinformation in the...
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COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit

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April 24, 2020
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Read the Toolkit Here COVID-19 and Tobacco Policy and Communications Toolkit We are in the midst of an historic pandemic, and governments are taking unprecedented measures to mitigate the death toll. Smokers...
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ASH Statement: Leaving and Halting Funding to the World Health Organization Harms More Than the COVID-19 Response

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April 16, 2020
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Statement from Action on Smoking & Health Leaving and Halting Funding to the World Health Organization Harms More Than the COVID-19 Response* Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 WASHIN...

The Bubonic Plague. Polio. Cholera. Smallpox. Malaria. And Tobacco?

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We often refer to tobacco as an epidemic. But what does that really mean? And does tobacco-related death and disease really compare to diseases that decimated the population? The CDC defines an epidemic as a...

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