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INC-3 Day 6/7: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

November 20, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

INC-3 Day 4: UN Plastics Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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November 16, 2023

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ASH joins the Stop Tobacco Pollution Alliance in attending the third Intergovernmental Negotiating Conference (INC-3) of the United Nations Treaty to End Plastic Pollution in Nairobi, Kenya from November 13...

ASH Priorities at COP10

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October 25, 2023

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Introduction In 2005, the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) entered into force, becoming a legally binding treaty that has now been joined by more than 180 countries. Parties to the FCTC meet ...

New Report Outlines Increase in Tobacco Companies Interfering in U.S. Public Health Policymaking

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October 5, 2023

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Media Contact: Megan Manning ManningM@ash.org (202) 390 – 9513 New Report Outlines Increase in Tobacco Companies Interfering in U.S. Public Health Policymaking Safeguards are Needed to Ensure Public Health...

WHO, WHO FCTC & UNEP Webinar

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July 20, 2022

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Fighting tobacco product waste: Holding tobacco industry accountable for its environmental footprint June 2, 2022 - Tobacco control experts, including ASH's Executive Director Laurent Huber, and environmental ...

Going Beyond the World Health Organization Framework Convention on Tobacco Control: An Environmental Scan

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May 9, 2022

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This paper was researched and written for Health Canada, the national health ministry, in order to identify implemented and potential policies that go beyond the minimum obligations of the WHO tobacco treaty, t...

The Right to Health and Cessation

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August 13, 2021

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Opposing Goals: The Tobacco Industry vs. Public Health

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August 3, 2021

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Author: Vivienne Brandt, ASH Policy and Communications Intern In 2003, the World Health Organization concluded negotiations of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), which reaffirmed the right o...

Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo – Webinar on Tobacco Endgame in Spain

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February 11, 2021

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ASH Webinar on Tobacco Endgame in Spain February 11, 2021 Statement from Dr. Adriana Blanco Marquizo, Head of the Secretariat of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) Thank you for the o...

Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy – Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco

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November 10, 2020

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ASH Webinar on WHO FCTC Article 19: Using the Judicial System to Fight Tobacco November 10, 2020 Statement from Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, Managing Attorney at ASH Article 19: How it has been utilized, how...

ASH at the 2019 Human Rights Council

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August 9, 2019

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ASH staff recently spent time in Geneva, Switzerland to attend the 41st session of the United Nations Human Rights Council. The UN Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations sy...

Bucharest Declaration on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free Europe

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April 11, 2019

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This Resolution came out of discussions that began at the Global Forum on Human Rights and a Tobacco-Free World on March 26, 2019 in Bucharest, Romania and continued at the annual European Network for Smoking a...

Using Human Rights Arguments in Litigation

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February 5, 2019

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In memoriam of Dr. Caleb Otto

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October 29, 2018

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It is with great sadness that we heard of the passing of our friend, mentor and public health hero, Dr. Caleb Otto, former Ambassador from Palau to the United Nations. Dr. Otto not only did not think we were...

ASH: The Big Picture

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December 19, 2017

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2017 has been a very exciting year at ASH. We celebrated our 50th anniversary, announced our pivot away from “tobacco control” and towards “cigarette free” and earned numerous victories across each of our progr...

Legal Victories in International Tobacco Control 2014

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December 16, 2014

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Philip Morris International was fined in Brazil for targeting youth The consumer protection agency from the Brazilian state of São Paulo has fined Philip Morris over $480,000. The agency acted after a fo...

Full Text of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

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March 19, 2014

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