Media Contact: Megan Manning manningm@ash.org (202) 659 – 4310 Corte Madera, CA Passed the 1st Tobacco Sales Ban Without Exemptions The Sale of All Tobacco and Nicotine Products will Phase Out WASHING...

L'Assurance maladie recommande une interdiction générationnelle de vente de tabac afin de faire émerger une « génération sans tabac » en France.

"Protect one more family from this kind of loss."

Women comprise roughly 20% of the world's 1 billion+ people who smoke, with about 200 million female tobacco users globally. Although smoking among women is generally decreasing, it is falling at a sl...

Author: Eline Goethals, The School for Moral Ambition The tobacco industry’s products kill 7 million people annually while generating $880 billion in revenue—more than Google, Meta, and Apple combined...

Eline Goethals, Chris Bostic & Megan Manning The evidence for the tobacco endgame is there. The policies exist, and the public is ready. On average, 72% of people across countries support phasing out ...

The tobacco industry is relentlessly targeting children in Spain, using widespread advertising, promotion, and sponsorship of tobacco products through all types of media. But the truth is far darker: ...

Background Tobacco control is beginning to pay attention to additives and flavours in tobacco products but less so to the tobacco leaf itself. Flue-Cured Virginia (FCV) leaf increases dependence on ni...

Media Contact: Megan Manning (202) 659 – 4310 ASH Honors Outgoing Board Chair Doug Blanke and Introduces New Board Chair Carolyn Dresler, MD, MPA A Tribute to Service and the Next Era of Progress WASH...

High rates of tobacco use among people with mental health conditions contribute to their increased morbidity and mortality, but tobacco cessation interventions can be effective in this population.

Shifts in the histologic type of lung cancer accompanying changes in lung cancer incidence have been observed in Japan and the United States. We examined the association between the shift in tobacco ...

Background The WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (WHO FCTC) is an international treaty that aims to reduce the supply and demand of tobacco. The WHO FCTC includes a specific obligation, Arti...

At the 10th European Conference on Tobacco Control, held in Belgrade between 22-24 October 2025, experts from across Europe, including economists, researchers, and public-health advocates, endorsed th...

Filtered cigarettes have historically been marketed as safer than unfiltered. Evidence shows that they are not less harmful and have increased health risks. The tobacco industry should bear responsibi...

The tobacco industry’s influence in U.S. policymaking has reached an alarming new level. According to the newly released 2025 U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index from Action on Smoking and Health...

Today, August 15, 2025 at 10:00 am Geneva time – ASH stands with the high ambition countries that refused to accept the fatally weak text offered by countries that benefit from plastic production. No ...

The elimination of a key C.D.C. office has slashed funding to states for help lines used by thousands to stop smoking and vaping.

This Saturday, May 31, is World No Tobacco Day. Each year, the World Health Organization sets a theme that highlights a crucial element of the fight to end the tobacco epidemic. This year, ASH joins t...

Recently, momentum has been growing around the human rights field understanding the extreme harm caused by tobacco companies. This is made particularly evident by an important win in a technical polic...

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) has released a new report –  Adoption of Tobacco Endgame Policies in the EU: Can Member States introduce a generational sales ban? – which asserts that the power...

Media Contact: Megan Manning manningm@ash.org (202) 659-4310 The Maldives Passes National Phase Out of Tobacco Products WASHINGTON, DC – MAY 23, 2025 – On May 21, Maldives President Dr. Mohamed Muizzu...

Recently, momentum has been growing around the human rights field understanding the extreme harm caused by tobacco companies. This is made particularly evident by an important win in a technical polic...

Rachel Reeves does not want to increase taxes again. This much is clear from the Spring Statement where, rather than raise revenues to ease the new pressures on the public...