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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · 1d

“Tobacco control advocacy is not without risks... Tobacco control advocates should be recognised as human rights defenders (HRDs).”

- Dr. @brittakm.bsky.social, @tcrgbath.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy, ASH

Learn more about protections for Human Rights Defenders: ow.ly/9Occ50X9lCP

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Tobacco Control Research Group @tcrgbath.bsky.social · 1d

New commentary by TCRG's @brittakm.bsky.social and Kelsey Romeo-Stuppy from @ash.org argues that recognising #tobaccocontrol advocates as human rights defenders would provide them with better protection and align tobacco control with global human rights standards.

👉 Read: doi.org/10.1136/tc-2...

“Tobacco control has always been about defending the right to health, life, and dignity. Yet the advocates who lead this work often face threats without the recognition or protection afforded to other defenders of human rights.”

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · 12d

Tobacco Endgame Report for European Respiratory Society : Using lessons from the UK experience to develop a knowledge toolkit for tobacco control.
Download here: ers.app.box.com/s/q2sei9upue... #ERScongress @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @whofctc.bsky.social /n

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Micah Berman @micahberman.bsky.social · Jul 31

#Ohio -- where the legislature has tried preempt ALL local tobacco regulation -- is unsurprisingly one of the states with the highest number of tobacco lobbyists.

Thanks to @ash.org for their important work compiling this data.

ash.org/tobacco-money/

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WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social · Aug 6

Wow.💥
1 million used cigarette butts, packed into plastic bottles, now stand in front of the Palais des Nations in Geneva – where negotiators are meeting for the UN Plastics Treaty.

The image was shared by @ash.org on their website.
Photo by Morgan Cox.

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Corporate Accountability @stopcorpabuse.bsky.social · Aug 6

🚬 Cigarette filters are full of toxins, carcinogens and heavy metals. They are also the most-littered item in the world

#INC52 #PlasticsTreaty - Let's ban cigarette filters.

➡️ Learn more from @ash.org at ash.org/plastic-poll....

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · Aug 8

Time to end the filter fraud @ciel.org @ash.org @ashorguk.bsky.social @asthmaandlung.org.uk @greenpeaceuk.bsky.social #INC52 #PlasticsTreaty

London Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · Aug 8

‘Cigarette filters are clearly a problematic single-use plastic – a high-volume item, providing no benefit but instead promoting substantial human harm.’

Nicholas Hopkinson (@copddoc.bsky.social) on smoking and plastic pollution, from the blog: www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/au...

Nicholas Hopkinson | Compensatory Puffing

The main component of cigarette filters is a plastic, cellulose acetate, and trillions of butts are discarded into the...

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Aug 15

Today at #PlasticsTreaty #INC52, ASH stands with high ambition countries that refused to accept the fatally weak text offered by countries that benefit from plastic production.

No treaty is better than a weak treaty.

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#BreakFreeFromPlastic

INC-5.2 Synopsis: UN Plastic Pollution Treaty Negotiations

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 ...

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Jun 9

"Mr. Kennedy has made chronic disease his top priority, taking aim at artificial colors in food and unproven theories about vaccines. Yet decades of data show that smoking is a top driver of cardiovascular disease, cancer and premature death.”

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Trump Budget Cuts Hobble Antismoking Programs (Gift Article)

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.

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Unfairtobacco @unfairtobacco.bsky.social · Jun 5

#WorldEnvironmentDay 2025 calls for collective action to tackle plastic pollution. Let us make sure that #cigarettebutts as the most littered items worldwide, get included in the UN plastic treaty!
#BeatPlasticPollution #PlasticTreaty
@ash.org @greenpeace.eu @wwf.eu @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · May 30

Big Tobacco thrives on deception—masking addiction, greenwashing, parading over human rights abuses, & weakening policy.

At ASH, we’re taking action, in courtrooms, at the UN, state legislatures & on the world stage.

More: ow.ly/vAkJ50W1Q4p
#TobaccoExposed #WNTD #WNTD2025

Unmasking the Appeal: World No Tobacco Day 2025

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...

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Unfairtobacco @unfairtobacco.bsky.social · Apr 28

#CEDAW (der Ausschuss für die Beseitigung der Diskriminierung v. Frauen) fordert Luxemburg auf, einen nationalen #Tabakkontrollplan mit geschlechtsspezifischen Aspekten umzusetzen.
Dies verändert etwas: Wir können Regierungen über #UN-Menschenrechtsgremien zur Rechenschaft ziehen. 🔽

#Frauenrechte

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · May 28

New ERS report: power to introduce a generational sales ban, where it will never be legal to sell tobacco products to people born after a certain date, lies firmly within the competence of EU Member States.  www.ersnet.org/news-and-fea... @ashorguk.bsky.social @ash.org @whofctc.bsky.social #LungSky

ERS offers EU Member States a clear pathway to introducing a generational sales ban on tobacco

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...

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · May 30

Farming tobacco can cause breathing difficulties, nausea, headaches, dizziness, rashes, & irritation to mouth & eyes.

But in the US, a 12yr-old can do this hazardous work.

Write to legislators to stop #ChildLabor in tobacco!

#WNTD #TobaccoExposed
@childlaborclc.bsky.social

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · May 23

“The Maldives is a global leader in the tobacco endgame movement, truly prioritizing the health of their citizens,” said Laurent Huber, Executive Director of Action on Smoking and Health.

“We hope to see more jurisdictions follow their lead to pass robust endgame policies.”

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The Maldives Passes National Phase Out of Tobacco Products

Media Contact: Megan Manning [email protected] (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...

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Apr 23

Breaking: #CEDAW called on #Luxembourg to implement a national tobacco control plan with a gender lens: ash.org/cedaw-win-2025

This changes the global conversation. We can hold governments accountable for their weak tobacco control policies through UN human rights treaty bodies.

#TobaccoViolation

Success: CEDAW Calls to Protect Women’s Rights by Strengthening Tobacco Policies

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...

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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · Apr 3

Time to levy the indefensible profits of Big Tobacco – to fund health measures and spur growth. www.smf.co.uk/commentary_p... @smfthinktank.bsky.social @ashorguk.bsky.social @ashorg.bsky.social #LungSky

Time to levy the indefensible profits of Big Tobacco | SMF

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...

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Unfairtobacco @unfairtobacco.bsky.social · Apr 7

#WorldHealthDay
Focus on: health of #mothers and #newborns.
Smoking and secondhand smoke harm women, especially during pregnancy, and damage child development.
Read here how #womens rights and #tobaccocontrol are linked: 👉 unfairtobacco.org/wp-content/u...
@whofctc.bsky.social @ashorg.bsky.social

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Sonja von Eichborn @seichborn.bsky.social · Mar 14

Executive summary of our brochure on the #tobacco #supplychain, #duediligence and #humanrights:
unfairtobacco.org/wp-content/u...
@ashorg.bsky.social @partnershipfree.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social

Unfairtobacco @unfairtobacco.bsky.social · Mar 14

The German Supply Chain Act applies to 3 cigarette companies since 2024.
We have taken a closer look at the #supplychains and the human rights risks of the cigarette business in Germany. 👇
#duedilligence #humanrights
@stopcorpabuse.bsky.social @eccjorg.bsky.social
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Unfair Supply Chains: Focus on the Tobacco Industry

"Unfair Supply Chains: Focus on the Tobacco Industry" shows raw materials, stakeholders and HR risks of the cigarette business in Germany.

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WHO FCTC Knowledge Hub for Articles 17&18 -FIOCRUZ @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social · Mar 19

Environmental groups are urging the government to amend the decree, ensuring the industry funds cleanup efforts but also that it has no role in managing them or using them for promotion.

Learn more: blogs.bmj.com/tc/2025/03/1...

@ashorg.bsky.social @nofumadores.bsky.social @tcrgbath.bsky.social

Tobacco Industry Interference in Spanish Tobacco Product Waste Management  - Blog - Tobacco Control

Laurent Huber, Raquel Fernández Megina, Ubaldo Cuadrado. On October 22, 2024, the Spanish government released Royal Decree1093/2024 to regulate the management and cleanup of waste from tobacco product...

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Philip Pearson @respirologist.bsky.social · Mar 21

One of the (very many) ways in which the tobacco industry has sought to mislead (and also to market their products)
Flavours; filters; celebrity & academic endorsement; ignoring / suppressing the science

What else…?

@btsrespiratory.bsky.social
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Nick Hopkinson @copddoc.bsky.social · Mar 21

The Great Cigarette Filter Fraud ash.org.uk/media-centre... @ashorguk.bsky.social @fctc-kh-fiocruz.bsky.social @btsrespiratory.bsky.social @ncsct.bsky.social

The Great Cigarette Filter Fraud - ASH

Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) is a campaigning public health charity that works to eliminate the harm caused by tobacco.

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Apr 1

"From April 1, tobacco products can no longer be put on open display at shops in several Malaysian states.

Instead, they must be kept hidden from view in closed cabinets."

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Cigarettes no longer on display in several Malaysian states from April 1

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Mar 26

Clean air is a #HumanRight, essential for the health and well-being of all.

🌍 Join the #CleanAirHealthyLives campaign to protect our health and that of future generations!

Use the Check@ir questionnaire to self-assess your lung health: ow.ly/EzR650Vpa8z

@lovexair.bsky.social

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Mar 7

Over the last 20 yrs, we’ve been honored to be a part of the FCA/GATC civil society community, working with a powerful, shared voice that had a tremendous impact on the #FCTC.

Learn more about our collective progress & hear from FCTC experts: ow.ly/MB7Q50V4Amr

#FCTC20Years #WeAre20 #FCTCSavesLives

Honoring 20 Years of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control

This year marks the 20th anniversary of the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC) entering into force. The FCTC is a landmark treaty, the first global public health treaty, and has transf...

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Action on Smoking and Health (ASH) @ash.org · Mar 7

For #WomensDay2025, we're building on #FCTC20Years and amplifying the profound impact the women's rights movement had on the tobacco treaty & still has today.

Tobacco control owes a lot of our success to the women’s rights movement.

More: ow.ly/5m3F50VcPLP
#WomensDay #IWD #WeAre20 #FCTCSavesLives

Women’s Rights Movement’s Impact on Tobacco Control

Recently, with the 20th anniversary of the WHO tobacco treaty (the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, FCTC), the tobacco control community has highlighted the FCTC’s contribution to other subjec...

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