PMI says they are “designing a smoke-free future,” but their actions speak the real truth Arendtm July 12, 2018 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events 1 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 Arendtm June 27, 2018 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 Arendtm September 14, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events 2 September 14, 2017 André Calantzopoulos Chief Executive Officer Philip Morris International Avenue de Rhodanie 50 1007 Lausanne, Switzerland Dear Mr. Calantzopoulos, The undersign...
IASLC Statement on Philip Morris’ New Manifesto Highlights the Importance of Tobacco Control Arendtm February 3, 2017 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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...
International Smoke-free Air Successes Arendtm June 16, 2015 ASH in the News, Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 Arendtm February 25, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases, Related News 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 Arendtm February 24, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 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 Arendtm February 24, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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 Arendtm December 29, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 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 ...
