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End of 2022 Message from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

December 21, 2022

ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News

Click to Expand 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 tobacc...

ASH at the UN Human Rights Council 50th Session

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September 2, 2022

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June 2022 - ASH staff had the opportunity to participate in the United Nations Human Rights Council 50th session, in Geneva, Switzerland. The Human Rights Council is an “inter-governmental body within the Unite...

The Right to Health and Cessation

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August 13, 2021

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Report: Cessation, The Right to Health

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May 18, 2021

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Access to Smoking Cessation Support is a Human Right ASH and ICTC Release a Report in Advance of World No Tobacco Day, May 31st Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org | (202) 390 – 9513 WASHINGTON, DC – Ma...

Tobacco and Human Rights Hub

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April 22, 2021

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ASH Statement for the 46th Session of the UN Human Rights Council (HRC)

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March 3, 2021

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Submitted to the UN Human Rights Council on March 3, 2021. ...

Human Rights Day 2020

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December 9, 2020

ASH in the News, Blog, Breaking News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates

Happy Human Rights Day! December 10th 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 s...

ASH Statement: The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical

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January 23, 2020

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Statement of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) The Surgeon General is right: Smoking cessation treatment works and is critical Contact: Megan Arendt arendtm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 On January 23, 2020, the...

ASH’s Human Rights Work in Japan

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November 26, 2019

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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...

ASH at the 2019 Human Rights Council

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August 9, 2019

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ASH staff recently spent time in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations sy...

Social Media

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March 21, 2019

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The Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

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Parallel issues

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

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Learning resources

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

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Regional Mechanisms

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

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Global Mechanisms – The United Nations

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

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Tobacco and Human Rights Basics

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

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This section is designed to be the starting point for advocates new to the nexus between tobacco control and human rights. These resources are intended to give a short overview. If you are interested in learnin...

Tobacco and Human Rights Hub

Dave Krogle

February 5, 2019

HRC

Advocacy Tools for the Fight for the Right to HealthWhen 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 tobacco v...

A human rights approach to tobacco control

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January 12, 2018

Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in the world. A human rights approach to ending tobacco is unique because it implores or requires governments to protect their citizens by implementing toba...

Tobacco Production, Marketing Violate Basic Human Rights

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May 21, 2017

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Action on Smoking and Health and Unfairtobacco agree with the Danish Institute of Human Rights (DIHR) that Philip Morris International (PMI) should cease “the production and marketing of tobacco.” Read the...

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