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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 – ...

35 Health Groups Urge Congress to Support Trans-Pacific Partnership Provision Protecting Health Measures from Tobacco Industry Attacks

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February 5, 2016

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WASHINGTON, Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As the United States and 11 other countries prepare to sign the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement later today, 35 leading public health and medi...

Statement from ASH Executive Director Laurent Huber

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December 21, 2015

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Making Priorities into our Reality This year has been one filled with milestones for the public health and tobacco control communities. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), that will replace the Mille...

2015 was a Very Bad Year for the Tobacco Industry

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December 18, 2015

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And it’s only going to get worse for them. I was asked two weeks ago to blog about my end-of-year thoughts. Something told me to procrastinate, and I am glad I did. Within 24 hours before putting fingers to ...

ASH 2015 Trade Report Card

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November 9, 2015

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November 9, 2015 Last week, after many years of painful negotiation, the final text for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Agreement was released. This is the text that the U.S. Congress and Parliaments fro...

Breaking: Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP

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October 5, 2015

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Tobacco Carve-Out in TPP, Major Victory for Public Health Removes New Weapon for Tobacco Industry WASHINGTON, DC – ...

Push grows to target tobacco, health in Pacific trade rules

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October 1, 2015

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No final consensus has been reached on whether any exclusion would target only tobacco companies or shield a wider range of government regulations from legal action, but Australia's Andrew Robb is optimistic ab...

Big Trade Agreements … Big Tobacco

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September 3, 2015

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By Chris Bostic, for Health and Trade Network As the role of tobacco companies in trade agreements on both sides of the Atlantic has been highlighted by a series of controversial events in recent weeks, this...

Tobacco farmers are a pawn in the TPP game

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August 17, 2015

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But tobacco farmers are not part of the game Mitch McConnell and other pro-tobacco politicians have become very vocal over the past two weeks in their opposition to a potential partial tobacco exemption in th...

Will Trans-Pacific trade deal go up in smoke over anti-tobacco proposal?

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August 12, 2015

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Big Tobacco is pushing back against a strict anti-smoking provision in the massive Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal and has enlisted the support of the most powerful Republican in the Senate to help quash i...

McConnell warns Obama against tobacco carve-out in trade deal

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July 31, 2015

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Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) is warning U.S. officials negotiating a massive trans-Pacific trade agreement for President Obama not to target tobacco growers in a final deal. McConnell said ...

Australia has spent $50 million defending plain packaging in trade dispute.

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July 28, 2015

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Australia's legal bill for defending its cigarette plain packaging legislation is set to hit $50 million as it battles to contain a case brought by tobacco giant Philip Morris before a tribunal in Singapore. ...

Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH

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June 24, 2015

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: arendtm@ash.org Obama Can Help End Tobacco Epidemic, Says ASH Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) Calls on President Obama to...

Tobacco Demonstrates Troubles for Trade Agreements

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June 16, 2015

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In 2012, Australia implemented tough anti-tobacco regulations, requiring that all cigarettes be sold in plain, logo-free brown packages dominated by health warnings. Philip Morris Asia filed suit, claiming that...

Ukraine drops WTO action against Australian tobacco-packaging laws

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June 3, 2015

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(Reuters) - Ukraine has suspended a case it was pursuing through the World Trade Organization aimed at overturning Australia's strict tobacco packaging laws, a WTO panel of adjudicators said in a statement publ...

Trade Threats to Tobacco Control

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May 13, 2015

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ASH releases analysis of trade threats to U.S. domestic tobacco control policies. ...

Leaked TPP investment chapter shows US tobacco control rules at risk

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March 26, 2015

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WASHINGTON — An ambitious 12-nation trade accord pushed by President Obama would allow foreign corporations to sue the United States government for actions that undermine their investment “expectations” and hur...

ASH participates in the World Conference on Tobacco or Health 2015

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March 16, 2015

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This week, several representatives of Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) will be attending the World Conference on Tobacco or Health in Abu Dhabi. WCTOH is a five-day scientific conference where presenters hig...

Senator Warren calls Philip Morris on Abusive Trade Lawsuit.

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February 27, 2015

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By Senator Elizabeth Warren The United States is in the final stages of negotiating the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP), a massive free-trade agreement with Mexico, Canada, Japan, Singapore and seven other cou...

President Obama on Tobacco & Trade

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January 23, 2015

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Remarks by the President at Meeting of the Export Council December 11, 2014 The big bugaboo that’s lifted up there is tobacco companies suing poorer countries to make sure that anti-smoking legislation is b...

Trade deals must not undermine fight against tobacco

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December 10, 2014

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Australian expertise in tobacco control is helping save lives around the world, but that work could be undone. Every day, 5500 children in India start using tobacco. If they continue the habit, as many do, the...

Good Enough Isn’t.

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December 9, 2014

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December 9, 2014 An ISDS carve-out in the TPPA would be good for tobacco control, but not good enough. There has been some scuttlebutt in trade circles over the past weeks about a possible US proposal in ...

Two FCTC Parties emphasize trade over saving lives from tobacco

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November 3, 2014

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WTO members meeting as the Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights (TRIPS) Council on 28–29 October 2014 responded to the latest developments on plain packaging for tobacco products, exchanged vie...

Malaysia Defends Tobacco Control in TPP & FCTC

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October 27, 2014

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Almost 200 countries signed the World Health Organisation’s Tobacco Control Convention and are obliged to take measures to curb tobacco use. But the industry has hit back. A big tobacco company, Philip Morris,...

U.S. floats cutting tobacco from part of Pacific trade pact -sources

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October 22, 2014

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