June 25, 2025 – Just before the World Conference on Tobacco Control began in Dublin, Ireland, ASH hosted the 2025 Global Tobacco Endgame Summit. With approximately 150 attendees, including representatives from governments, intergovernmental agencies, academia and advocacy groups, and over 25 speakers, the Global Summit was intended to inform the
April 18- 19, 2024, ASH hosted the first National Tobacco Endgame Summit in Washington, DC. It was the culmination of over a year of planning and comes at an opportune and exciting time as endgame policies are being implemented worldwide, with three Massachusetts towns joining Brookline in implementing Nicotine-Free Generation
ASH’s work is based on the principle that the actions of the tobacco industry – producing, marketing, and selling addictive products that kill when use as intended – violates human rights, such as the right to health, that have been recognized at the highest level through international, regional, and national legal
As a surgeon for 21 years, I’ve seen the extensive, heartbreaking toll tobacco products take on the human body. Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death and disability in the world, claiming the lives of 480,000 Americans each year. Smoking is directly linked to over 13 different human cancers,
The year 2022 has seen incredible milestones when it comes to taking measures to protect our collective right to health and right to a healthy environment from the harms caused by the tobacco industry. When we talk about “human rights,” we talk about the rights that have been recognized at
ASH’s work is based on the principle that the behavior of the tobacco industry – producing, marketing, and selling addictive products that kill when use as intended – violates human rights, such as the right to health and right to a healthy environment, that have been recognized at the international, regional,
NEW YORK CITY, NY – DECEMBER 8, 2022 – Action on Smoking and Health awarded the Project Sunset Award for Courage in Public Health to Christopher K. Leung, the lead attorney in the landmark case forcing the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to begin the rulemaking process to ban menthol
Author: Alexa Arejian, ASH Project Assistant August 2022 – This year, the National Conference on Tobacco or Health (NCTOH) was hosted in New Orleans, Louisiana, for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. NCTOH is one of the largest U.S. conferences for tobacco control professionals and focuses on best practice
With several tobacco endgame (Project Sunset) policies be explored and implemented around the world, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) produced a guide for reporters on the key elements and distinctions of these policies. For any additional questions, contact Megan Arendt, ASH Associate Director of Communications. For more information on
Guest Author: John Mirisch UC San Francisco Professor and distinguished anti-tobacco advocate Ruth Malone once pointed out that in the history of consumer products, there has never been anything deadlier than cigarettes. She went on to note that somebody would finally say that tobacco is too dangerous to be sold
The Medical Journal of Australia RESEARCH LETTER VOLUME 215, ISSUE 10 Public support for phasing out the sale of cigarettes in Australia Emily Brennan, Sarah Durkin, Michelle M Scollo, Maurice Swanson and Melanie Wakefield Med J Aust 2021; 215 (10): 471-472. || doi: 10.5694/mja2.51224 Published online: 30 August 2021 Read more here>
Click here to view our: Reporter Guide to Tobacco Endgame Policies Progress on Tobacco Endgame Around the World Below are jurisdictions that have passed innovative laws to phase out the sale of tobacco products. United States – Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, CA implemented their bans on the sale of tobacco
[en Français | en Español] 154 Organizations Call for Phasing Out Sales of Combustible Tobacco Products The lessons learned in 2020 from the bold actions taken to address the COVID-19 pandemic provide an opportunity to consider equally bold actions that will be required to tackle other global health pandemics. The undersigned organizations
Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach, California Make History for Public Health Their Ordinances to Ban the Sale of Commercial Tobacco are in Effect Today Media Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 390 – 9513 SACRAMENTO, CALIFORNIA – JANUARY 5, 2020 – On January 1st, two small cities in California made giant strides
John A. Mirisch, 3x Mayor of Beverly Hills, Joins Action on Smoking and Health Board of Trustees His Leadership in Passing The 1st in the Nation Ban on the Sale of Tobacco Products Will Save Lives Media Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 17, 2020
Visit our main Project Sunset USA webpage here> Sign up for Alerts on Global Project Sunset here> Is this legal? Yes, national governments have the power to end the sale of tobacco products. In some countries, local jurisdictions do as well. Isn’t this prohibition? No, this is about phasing out
ASH Webinar on Endgame for Tobacco: The World We Want June 11, 2020 Statement from Chris Bostic, Deputy Director for Policy at ASH The goal of Project Sunset: To phase out the sale of commercial combustible tobacco products. This is a bit different from endgame initiatives you’ve seen in the
On February 18, 2020, the Manhattan Beach city council voted 4-1 to phase out the sale of all tobacco products in the city, becoming the second U.S. city to do so (after Beverly Hills). The Pasadena city council has asked its staff to draft a similar ordinance, and Hermosa Beach
