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WTO Panel Puts Health Ahead of Tobacco Industry Profits

June 28, 2018

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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

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May 4, 2018

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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

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February 2, 2018

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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...

Action Review: Fourth Quarter Edition 2017

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December 14, 2017

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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?

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December 14, 2017

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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

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December 5, 2017

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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!

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November 20, 2017

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**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

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October 23, 2017

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Contact: Megan Arendt (202) 659 – 4310 arendtm@ash.org A Future with ZERO Tobacco Deaths ASH Releases Report on 50 Years of Fighting Click to read the report WASHINGTON, DC – OCTOBER 26, 2017 –...

95 Health Groups to Philip Morris International: Stop Selling Cigarettes

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September 14, 2017

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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

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July 17, 2017

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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

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May 30, 2017

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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...

Trump Administration Ties to Big Tobacco

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March 28, 2017

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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

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February 28, 2017

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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

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February 10, 2017

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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

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February 3, 2017

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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

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January 13, 2017

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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

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January 4, 2017

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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. Read more>...

What’s next in 2017

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December 22, 2016

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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 ...

FRR Excludes the Tobacco Sector

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December 19, 2016

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The Supervisory Board of the Fonds de Réserve pour les Retraites (FRR) adopted the Executive Board’s proposal to exclude from its portfolio investments in equities or bonds of tobacco producing companies. "T...

Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber on a Tobacco-Free World

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December 19, 2016

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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...

Human Rights Day 2016

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December 7, 2016

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December 10th is recognized worldwide as Human Rights Day. It commemorates the anniversary of the day that the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) in 1948. T...

We must protect our health gains

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December 2, 2016

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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 ...

What if Tobacco Vanished?

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December 2, 2016

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Cigarettes have been commercially marketed and sold in the United States for over 100 years. The negative health effects of tobacco have been public knowledge for at least the last 50 years. The death and disea...

ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story

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November 17, 2016

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org ASH Releases Video to Showcase a New Ending to the Tobacco Story The World We Need WASHINGTON, D.C. – Novembe...

VANISH

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November 14, 2016

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Every. Six. Seconds. A new tragedy hits as a new person dies from a tobacco-related disease. Each person leaves a hole in our families, communities, and society when they vanish. This is unacceptable. This i...

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