If you think tobacco control is an important issue and should be included in the post-2015 development agenda, use this template letter to send to US Ambassador Samantha Power. The letter explains the advantage...
ASH Director Laurent Huber appeared on Fox 5 DC to discuss the success of the CDC's graphic anti-tobacco ad campaign (which helped nearly 100,000 people quit smoking) and the work that is still needed to help c...
Global trade negotiations in Washington this week will determine how cigarette companies will be able to market their products in developing nations—and potentially, overturn smoking restrictions around the wor...
Even well-informed people shake their heads in disbelief when they hear that tobacco killed 100 million persons in the 20th century and is projected to kill a billion in the 21st century. It is only when they a...
An estimated 1.6 million Americans tried to quit and at least 100,000 likely succeeded as a result of graphic anti-smoking ads, a new study says.
Want a smoker to quit? Scare, shock or disgust him. That's what...
The U.S. has a rare opportunity this week to rein in the tobacco industry, and assert its mandate to protect and save lives, while proudly exercising cross-border diplomacy. The U.S. Trade Representative should...
ASH has launched it's video blog series to decode everything happening in the tobacco control public health field. From trade to development, you will soon be able to find your answer here as Shana Narula break...
Give thanks to Malaysia for heading off, at least temporarily, an American effort to weaken the ability of countries to impose stiff rules on the sale of cigarettes and other tobacco products within their own b...
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On the threat from trade agreements to tobacco regulations, few have been able to come as close to the heart of the matter as Mayor Bloomberg. His opinion piece in today’s New York Times in reaction to Preside...
WASHINGTON, DC 19 August – The Obama Administration has backed down from a proposal revealed 15 months ago to protect health from Big Tobacco under the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), the pending free trade ag...
The Malaysian government is expected to carve out tobacco from the controversial Trans Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement in a soon to be convened special Cabinet meeting, according to an official from the Mal...
WORLD NO TOBACCO DAY 2013
The world lacks protection from tobacco and under 11% of the world's population is protected by comprehensive national smoke-free laws. This year's World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) the...
Most effective measure is the most under-utilized
WASHINGTON, DC. 10 July – A report released today by the World Health Organization concludes that tax and price measures are the “least-achieved” of a global m...
By Al Munzer
Chair, Board of Trustees, Action for Smoking and Health (ASH)
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) was developed in response to globalisation of the tobacco epidemic, and has ...
ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
National Public Health Week (NPHW) took place April 1-7 and this years themes included:
Ensuring a safe and healthy home for your family
Providing a sa...
ASH Review: Second Quarter Edition 2013
ASH is pleased to report that the world made good progress at the recent meeting of health
ministers from around the globe (The 66th World Health Assembly or ...
Within the framework of World No Tobacco Day, PAHO/WHO warns that these two risk factors cause the most deaths in the region.
Washington, D.C., 5 June 2013 (PAHO/WHO) – Tobacco consumption increases the risk...
Tobacco is a Deadly Product
- Tobacco kills up to half of its users.
- Tobacco kills nearly 6 million people each year, of whom more than 5 million are from direct tobacco use and more tha...
When assessing information presented by the tobacco industry, the US regulator, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and regulatory bodies in other countries, should be aware that they are dealing with compan...
From May 29-30, the United States Trade Representative held hearings on the upcoming negotiations for the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).
May 20, 2013, ASH’s Chris Bostic testified abo...
Ireland set to become 2nd country in the world to introduce plain pack cigarettes
“It is with great pleasure that I announce, ahead of World No Tobacco Day on Friday, that I have received Government ...
Together, we can phase cigarettes off the commercial market. Together, we can hold tobacco executives criminally liable for selling a deadly product. Together, we can protect the health of generations to come.
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UN Photo/Gitika Noyes
The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC)
Action on Smoking and Health has been instrumental in the success of the global tobacco control treaty by supporting and servi...