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Using Human Rights Arguments in Litigation

February 5, 2019

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PMI says they are “designing a smoke-free future,” but their actions speak the real truth

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July 12, 2018

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Recently the Philippines Tobacco Institute, which represents Philip Morris International (PMI), among other tobacco companies, filed two lawsuits against the small city of Balanga in the Philippines. Litigation...

Remembering our core mission: reducing death and disease

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June 27, 2018

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By Laurent Huber, Executive Director The tobacco control community is at a crossroads. The evidence in unequivocal: the most widely consumed nicotine delivery product, combustible cigarettes, an addictive an...

Open Letter to PMI from 123 Organizations

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September 14, 2017

IASLC Statement on Philip Morris’ New Manifesto Highlights the Importance of Tobacco Control

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February 3, 2017

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On February 1, 2017, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) issued the following statement: “According to its own public reports, in 2016 Phillip Morris manufactured 800 billion...

Investing in ASH

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July 1, 2016

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International Smoke-free Air Successes

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June 16, 2015

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Many Americans view smoking, and secondhand smoke, as a problem that has mostly been solved, at least in the United States. However, only half of all Americans are protected from exposure to secondhand smoke...

Statement from Executive Director on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies

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February 25, 2015

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Smoke-free in the Skies, but not on the Ground Just 25 years ago, smoking was a pervasive norm. People could smoke at work, in restaurants, and even on airplanes. Non-smokers were exposed to second hand smoke ...

Statement from ASH on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies

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February 24, 2015

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The absence of smoking on commercial airliners is something we all now take for granted. But it wasn’t always that way. The ban on smoking was the culmination of years of effort by many individuals and public ...

What Flying Was Like Before the Smoke Cleared

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February 24, 2015

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If you think the air travel experience generally stinks now, consider what it was like before smoking was banned on domestic flights 25 years ago. Tracy Sear, a flight attendant with US Airways, was looking ov...

Legal Victories in U.S. Tobacco Control 2014

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December 29, 2014

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Several cities raised the minimum age to purchase tobacco products to 21 Increasing the minimum age is very important because 95% of smokers start by their early twenties. The cities that have taken this ...

Protecting Smoke-Free Spain

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March 4, 2013

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