Let’s Get Rid of Cigarettes
A World Where Cigarettes are No Longer Sold for Profit is Within Reach
Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310
WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 6, 2017 – Cigarettes are the only consumer good that kills when used ...
95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes
WASHINGTON, D.C. – SEPTEMBER 14, 2017 – Today, 95 organizations from around the globe published an open letter to Philip Morris International (PMI) demanding that they immediately cease the production, marketin...
Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations
September 14, 2017
André Calantzopoulos
Chief Executive Officer
Philip Morris International
Avenue de Rhodanie 50 1007
Lausanne, Switzerland
Dear Mr. Calantzopoulos,
The undersign...
Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World
That’s our vision at ASH, a tobacco-free world. This year marks ASH’s 50th anniversary, and we are as committed as ever to end the tobacco epidemic.
With your help, we can achieve this vision. Here’s how we...
Tobacco 21: Campaign Case Study
This case study is intended as a teaching device for municipalities that are just getting started or have already begun working to raise the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21.
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First Singapore, now Norway calls for tobacco sales ban on those born after 2000
January 2016: The president of the Norwegian Medical Association, Marit Hermansen, has called for a ban on the sale of tobacco products to anyone born after 2000 as a first step to create a smoke-free society ...
Thailand Raises Minimum Age to 20 to Purchase Cigarettes
BANGKOK, 28 May 2014 (NNT) – The Cabinet on Wednesday approved the tobacco draft act which prohibits sale of cigarettes to those under 20 years old and raise punishment for offenders.
Deputy Prime Minister Y...
Princeton, NJ bans tobacco sales to customers under 21
Princeton has become the fifth New Jersey town to ban tobacco sales to customers under 21.
The town's health board unanimously adopted the ordinance.
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Tobacco sale ban for US campus shops
One of the world's top universities is taking a smoking ban a step further this week, as Stanford University prohibits the sale of tobacco as well as smoking on campus.
Campus shops at the Californian universi...
In a first, Mass. town may prohibit tobacco sales
The Central Massachusetts town of Westminster would become the first community in the state, and perhaps the nation, to ban all tobacco sales under a proposal made public Monday that regulators say is designed ...
The Case for Banning Cigarettes Entirely, Forever
Doctors in the U.K. will vote on Tuesday as to whether to support a “campaign to ban forever the sale of cigarettes to any individual born after the year 2000.” It’s an appealing thought exercise for public hea...