Why Tobacco Still Matters
By: Chris Bostic, Policy Director at ASH
January 12, 2021
Our national house is on fire. And it’s flooded. And it’s falling into a sinkhole. Focusing on a broken window right now would be ludicrous.
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"Congruent results from two analytical approaches support a causal effect of smoking on risk of severe COVID-19." Sept...
Beverly Hills Banned the Sale of Tobacco Products Because Cigarettes are Still a Huge Problem
As we write this, no one is smoking inside of our office. We rode the metro this morning with no one smoking on the train or the platform, and we can meet friends for dinner tonight where no one will smoke arou...
Media Advisory: What’s Menthol Got to Do with It? Everything (Still)!
Carol McGruder, Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council
"For every black man murdered, there are 6-8 dying of tobacco diseases."
"We can’t wait until what’s happening with police bru...
Action Review: Fourth Quarter Edition 2018
How the 70th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights impacts tobacco
For the 70th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), ASH Deputy Director for Policy Chris Bostic...
WTO Panel Puts Health Ahead of Tobacco Industry Profits
Landmark case gives governments more discretion in health policies
Contact: Megan Arendt, (202) 659 – 4310
Statement of Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking & Health
WASHINGTON, DC – ...
CNCT – Filtergate: opening of a preliminary investigation
Translated by CNCT from their French release here.
Following the filing of a complaint by the Comité National Contre le Tabagisme (CNCT) for endangering the lives of others due to the manipulation of filters b...
Netherlands Cancer Institute files a report against tobacco manufacturers
The Netherlands Cancer Institute (NKI) is the first hospital/research institution in the Netherlands to file a report in the ongoing criminal case against tobacco manufacturers. In doing so, the NKI asks the Pu...
A human rights approach to tobacco control
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...
Action Review: Fourth Quarter Edition 2017
Let’s Get Rid of Cigarettes
“In the 21st century, society is facing numerous public health challenges to which researchers are still searching for solutions. We must unite to end the tobacco epidemic which has...
The Bubonic Plague. Polio. Cholera. Smallpox. Malaria. And Tobacco?
We often refer to tobacco as an epidemic. But what does that really mean? And does tobacco-related death and disease really compare to diseases that decimated the population?
The CDC defines an epidemic as a...
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 ...
FINALLY! Corrective Ads Published!
**UPDATE 3** - Beginning on November 26, 2017 the public will begin seeing long-awaited “corrective statements” by the tobacco industry on television and in newspapers.
The major U.S. tobacco companies were ...
Report on 50 Years
Contact: Megan Arendt
(202) 659 – 4310
arendtm@ash.org
A Future with ZERO Tobacco Deaths
ASH Releases Report on 50 Years of Fighting
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WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 26, 2017 –...
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...
The U.S. Is Not Living Up to Its Obligation to Protect the Health of Its Citizens
All countries around the world, including the United States, have committed to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which aim to strengthen universal peace and ...
New Report: Tobacco in America
Americans’ Health Ranks 43rd Globally, Despite Spending Most on Healthcare
Read the Full Report
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) unveils report results, demonstrating that large disparities in tobacc...
Phase Out the Commercial Sale of Cigarettes
Project Sunset is an ASH-led global campaign to convince policy makers to phase out the sale of commercial combustible tobacco products. It is focused entirely on the sale, not individual possession or use. The...
Trump Administration Ties to Big Tobacco
Smoking has been banned on airplanes since 1990. In California -the first state to implement a smoke-free air law - workplaces, bars, and restaurants have been smoke-free since 1998. There haven’t been tobacco ...
Tobacco control: saving lives and driving development
Tobacco use poses an unparalleled health and economic burden worldwide. A new study found that the diseases caused by smoking account for US$ 422 billion in health care expenditures annually, representing almo...
Federal tobacco control is at risk in the US
The man Donald Trump has chosen to direct health policy for the federal government has close ties to the tobacco industry he will be charged with regulating. Rep. Tom Price (R-Ga.), who was confirmed as health...
World Cancer Day 2017
As we mark World Cancer Day, let's take a moment to envision a day in the future when cancer is no longer ever a death sentence. As our National Cancer Institute presses forward on treatment and research under ...
Monograph: The Economics of Tobacco & Tobacco Contol
This collaborative analysis from the National Cancer Institute and the World Health Organization is the result of several years' work from noted experts in economics, public health and law. It is the most detai...
Tobacco to be Hidden from Plain Sight in Netherlands Shops
The Dutch government is working on a legislative proposal to ban the visible display of tobacco products, State Secretary Martin van Rijn of Public Health informed parliament, ANP reports.
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What’s next in 2017
As the year comes to a close, we would like to take the time to thank all of our donors and allies for your ongoing support,
2017 will be very special, as it marks our 50th year as an organization. In honor ...