Statement from Action on Smoking and Health on E-Cigarettes Following the U.S. Surgeon General’s Report: E-Cigarette Use Among Youth and Young Adults Arendtm December 8, 2016 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Press Releases 1 U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy released a new report today, December 8, 2016, that presents research and policy recommendations on electronic cigarettes and their use among adolescents and young adults. ...
We must protect our health gains Arendtm December 2, 2016 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Smoke Alarms: ASH Legal Updates 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 ...
World No Tobacco Day: Taking Steps to Save Lives Arendtm May 31, 2016 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News By: Jimmy Kolker, HHS Assistant Secretary for Global Affairs Summary: Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable illness and death in the United States. This May 31st, we celebrate World No Toba...
CVS Health Quits U.S. Chamber Over Stance on Smoking Arendtm July 8, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 1 The CVS Health Corporation said on Tuesday that it would resign from theU.S. Chamber of Commerce after revelations that the chamber and its foreign affiliates were undertaking a global lobbying campaign against...
#USChamberExposed Arendtm July 6, 2015 ASH in the News, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News On June 30, 2015, The New York Times released a tiered investigation to expose the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) affiliates as a front group for Big Tobacco. The New ...
(RELEASE): BROWN, BLUMENTHAL AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE COLLEAGUES ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S GLOBAL LOBBYING FOR BIG TOBACCO Arendtm July 2, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News For Immediate Release: July 2, 2015 Contact: Meghan Dubyak / Rachel Petri 202-224-1175 BROWN, BLUMENTHAL AND DEMOCRATIC SENATE COLLEAGUES ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT ON U.S. CHAMBER OF COMMERCE’S GLOBAL L...
Publications Arendtm March 12, 2015 Click here to read the Report Here Policy Papers ASH works hard to inform and educate policy makers and the public about tobacco prevention and the tobacco industry. A number of informative policy pa...
Time for the New “Normal” in Tobacco Packaging Arendtm March 3, 2015 Blog, Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News Plain Packaging Should be Universal Yesterday, Ireland became the first country in Europe and the second country in the world to pass legislation requiring plain packaging for tobacco products. Under the new r...
Senator Warren calls Philip Morris on Abusive Trade Lawsuit. Arendtm February 27, 2015 Featured News & Events, News & Events, Related News 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...
U.S. floats cutting tobacco from part of Pacific trade pact -sources ash October 22, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News By Krista Hughes WASHINGTON, Oct 21 (Reuters) - The United States has floated excluding tobacco products from a key section of a 12-nation Pacific trade deal and signaled it may present a formal proposal to t...
A Winnable Battle Arendtm September 17, 2014 Blog, Smoke Alarms The CDC identifies reducing tobacco as a “Winnable Battle” because tobacco is a public health priority with “large-scale impact on health and with known, effective strategies to address them.” For ASH, the a...
US FCTC Implementation Guide ash September 16, 2014 9 Click here to read the guide U.S. NO LONGER LEADS IN TOBACCO WARS American Efforts to Cut Tobacco Use Fall Behind Those Abroad The United States, once a leader in public health measures on tobacco, is fal...
New Study Reveals No Drop in Use of Smokeless Tobacco for U.S. Workers ash June 30, 2014 Featured News & Events, Related News According to a recent study by the US. National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. workers are continuing, and slightly increasing, their use of smokeless tobacco products. Smokeless tobacco (sn...
US Reps. Waxman, Doggett, Capps and Over 50 Members Urge Administration to Strengthen Tobacco Proposal in TPP ash October 30, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News 33rd Congressional District of California Rep. Henry A. Waxman For Immediate Release: October 30, 2013 Karen Lightfoot (Waxman): (202) 225-5735 Doug Molof (Doggett): (202) 225-4865 Chris Meagher (Cap...
Write to Ambassador Samantha Power ash September 19, 2013 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...
The Tobacco Problem in U.S. Trade ash September 6, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News Should tobacco be like any other product in U.S. trade? The question bedeviled U.S. policymakers for decades, but it has now arisen again, with much controversy, in the context of the Trans-Pacific Partnership ...
Statement of the United States on Menthol ash July 23, 2013 Featured News & Events, Related News Statement of the United States on Menthol for the WTO Dispute Settlement Body on July 23, 2013 The United States provided a status report in this dispute on July 11, 2013, in accordance with Article 21.6 of...
U.S. breaks its promise on protecting tobacco control, AGAIN ash July 19, 2013 Featured News & Events, News & Events U.S. Unlikely To Table Drug IPR, Tobacco Proposal At Current TPP Round Posted: July 18, 2013 KOTA KINABALU -- A spokeswoman for the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative strongly signaled that...
