4.5 trillion cigarette butts are littered every year. They are not biodegradable. Over time, cigarette filters break down into micro-plastics, with huge health implications for animals & humans. #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty - Let's ban cigarette filters. More: https://ow.ly/HcBf50U8fRX
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
保健和健身
Washington,DC 1,438 位关注者
Our vision is a world free from the harm caused by tobacco. #PhaseOutCigs @ASHorg
关于我们
Good policies don’t just happen. They take ongoing research, daily action, regular trainings, technical assistance in several languages, and a very, very dedicated team. This is why we train people around the world: we are hard-set on making sure all tobacco control advocates know that the production, marketing and sale of cigarettes is a human rights violation. Once they know that, we train them on how to use existing human rights systems to push their governments to enact stronger tobacco regulations. At the same time, if the sale of cigarettes is a human rights violation, governments must phase out their sale. That’s where our Project Sunset comes in. We coordinate and work with partners to provide technical assistance to local U.S. communities looking for ways to phase out the sale of cigarettes, like Beverly Hills, CA did. Your community doesn’t have to allow the sale of cigarettes, and your activism could be the impetus to turn the tides in your area! Contact us if you’d like to learn more ([email protected]). The 3rd tier of ASH’s programs is the legal next step once our human rights program and Project Sunset are in full swing in more and more jurisdictions. If it’s a human rights violation to sell cigarettes, the people selling cigarettes must be held accountable. We think it’s time to bring charges against tobacco companies and their executives for murder. Tobacco companies are getting a free pass to sell an addictive and lethal product, a free pass that no other company is given. Cigarettes kill when used exactly as intended. And we have it in our power to reverse the deadly trend they’ve started. But we can’t make a change without you. The trainings and technical assistance ASH leads across the US and around the world are crucial but quite expensive to maintain. Please consider making a generous donation today to ensure the ongoing success of our programs which are designed to be the final blow that ends the tobacco epidemic once and for all. Join us!
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https://www.ash.org
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)的外部链接
- 所属行业
- 保健和健身
- 规模
- 11-50 人
- 总部
- Washington,DC
- 类型
- 非营利机构
- 创立
- 1967
- 领域
- Tobacco Control、WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control、Anti-Tobacco、Public Health和Public Policy
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主要
1250 Connecticut Ave, NW
7th floor
US,DC,Washington,20036
Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)员工
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Jayme Zupo
Progam Coordinator / Visual Designer
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Les Hagen, MSM
Executive Director, Action on Smoking & Health (ASH Canada); Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health and College of Health Sciences, University of…
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Carol Maytum
Advancing Momentum for a Tobacco Free California
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Megan Manning
Associate Director Of Communications at Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
动态
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Yesterday, the U.S. Surgeon General released a new report: Eliminating Tobacco-Related Disease and Death: Addressing Disparities. A key finding and call to action - "The time is now to accelerate a whole-of-society effort to reach the #TobaccoEndgame." Read more: https://ow.ly/3p7z50UbaFj
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Cigarette butts are the #1 most-littered item in the world. They are also toxic, plastic waste that do NOTHING to make cigarettes safer. #INC5 #PlasticsTreaty - Let's end the unnecessary single-use plastic of cigarettes by banning filters. Learn more: https://ow.ly/TfTj50U8fKv
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"About 22% of smokers in an 'opt-out' program quit, compared with 16% of those who had to ask for help" https://ow.ly/LYh850U0KcL
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"Smoking tobacco still kills around two people an hour prematurely in Belgium, despite advances in medicine and a slight decline in the number of smokers. The habit also costs Belgium billions of euros." https://ow.ly/nBIS50U4z94
Two deaths per hour: Smoking remains major public health risk in Belgium
brusselstimes.com
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"For those who are concerned about fertility or looking to start a family, experts recommend refraining from smoking and vaping." https://ow.ly/9w3650U0JXY
Smoking and vaping can have these detrimental effects on fertility, doctors warn
foxnews.com
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“We’ve seen the tobacco and nicotine industries evolve to target our young people in new ways, making them lifelong users dependent on these harmful substances,” Council Delegate Slater said. “Our traditional and sacred tobacco serves a much different purpose. It’s not about quick gratification, but about purifying our minds so our thoughts are strong, clear, and aligned with our teachings.” https://ow.ly/IfMK50U7sQh
Navajo Nation strengthens Tobacco Tax to address addiction and curb youth usage of nicotine products
nhonews.com
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ASH is building a world where your family is better protected from cigarettes, an addictive and lethal product. But we need your support to continue the fight! Make a donation, to be MATCHED, up to $20K today! https://ash.org/donate
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"When menthol cigarettes were not available, smokers who preferred menthol cigarettes were less willing to purchase any type of cigarette and more willing to purchase products such as nicotine gum and other replacement therapies." https://ow.ly/muAR50U0JRV
Cancer research reinforces calls for menthol cigarette restrictions
medicalxpress.com
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“This new report provides crucial insight into just how deeply embedded tobacco companies are in Swiss policymaking, serving as all the evidence needed that tobacco companies must be actively excluded from all public health policymaking in #Switzerland and around the world.” - Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health Read more: https://ow.ly/av6H50TGaRx #TobaccoViolation