Why I Fight: John’s Dying Wish
The tobacco industry knows that their products kill when used as intended, and yet, they choose to continue to mass produce, market, and sell cigarettes every single day. No other company or industry does that....
PMI says they are “designing a smoke-free future,” but their actions speak the real truth
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...
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...
We must protect our health gains
What will the next four years hold for the anti-tobacco movement in the U.S.? We can't say for sure, and if the recent track record of pollsters tells us anything, it is that concrete political predictions are ...
New HUD Rule on Smokefree Public Housing
Read their announcement here>...
ASH 2015 Tobacco Industry Monitoring Report Card
ASH’s Tobacco Industry Monitoring (TIM) program works to track and publicize tobacco industry behavior. Our TIM program stems from Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which ob...
International Smoke-free Air Successes
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...
Amos Hausner | Smokefree Israel
Hear this interview from Amos Hausner who is involved in the Smokefree kaupapa in Israel.
He's currently in Aotearoa and spoke with Dale Husband.
Listen here>...
Hollywood and Tobacco: New Spotlight on Smoking At The Movies
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March 24, 2015
Hollywood and Tobacco: New Spotlight on Smoking At The Movies
Launch of Revamped UCSF Website Ranks Actors, Directors, Top 10 Movies by Their Use of Tobacco
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Statement from Executive Director on the 25th Anniversary of Smoke-free Skies
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
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
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...
Lessons Learned: Smoke-free Air
Only about half of Americans are protected from exposure to secondhand smoke, whether in public places or at work.
Yet, a growing number of foreign countries have achieved complete protection, often in the f...
