ActionSmoking&Health

The only place cigarettes belong is in a museum. Let's push them there by phasing out their sale. Join our movement to set the sun on big tobacco here: ow.ly/J1ks50vGkq5 #PhaseOutCigs #NCTOH2019

“Like lead, plastic cigarette filters are a persistent toxin in our environment,” said Barbara Bella, a citizen activist. “They should be treated no differently than lead in paint, which is a banned material.” ow.ly/4kqx50YiSTr

Tobacco endgame isn't one policy, it's a flexible toolkit with proven strategies available NOW. The question isn't whether it's possible. It's why your government isn't acting yet. New report: ow.ly/53Hb50Yfkih #TobaccoEndgame

"Conclusion: Flue-cured tobacco increases the addictiveness of tobacco products. Restrictions on the use of FCV have the potential to reduce demand for cigarettes and support the implementation of the FCTC." ow.ly/Tkl250Y9WEg

"Researchers uncovered evidence that raises questions about whether the tobacco companies may be complicit in driving illicit trade." ow.ly/rm8g50Ya5SA

"@F1, followed by millions of children worldwide, should bar sponsorship deals with tobacco companies seeking to drive uptake of addictive nicotine pouches, 162 anti-tobacco and health groups said." ow.ly/Moe950YpiRp @CTFKGlobal

This #InternationalWomensDay, we are motivated to act because tobacco disproportionately harms women and girls and is often overlooked as a #womensrights issue. Learn more: ow.ly/Mqjq50Yqt8f #IWD2026 #GiveToGain

“If we were sane and rational, we would ban [tobacco sales] worldwide for health reasons. It makes no sense we continue to allow this, but it’s there because of money and politics.” - Dr. Matthew Stanbrook, a respirologist at Toronto Western Hospital ow.ly/ycWk50Ya5L0

We join over 160 orgs in calling on @F1 to end its relationships with tobacco companies & ban sponsorships for all tobacco products, including nicotine pouches. F1 must not be complicit in advertising nicotine products to children. Read our letter here: ow.ly/IUG350Ypj0y

"BAT’s venture in North Korea provided about $418m in banking transactions, 'generating revenue used to advance North Korea’s weapons program', Matthew Olsen, then the justice department official in charge of its national security division, said." ow.ly/2o5c50Ya1YY

"This year, total state funding for these programs [that prevent kids from using tobacco products and help people quit] amounts to just 3.4% of the $21.7 billion in revenue the states will collect from tobacco settlement payments and tobacco taxes." ow.ly/uEnR50Ya5k7

"The [UK] Government could restrict cigarette filter sales using the new Tobacco and Vapes Bill which is currently making its way through Parliament." ow.ly/qCIm50Yngb6

Tobacco endgame is also a communication issue A new report from @AshOrg shows why the idea of ending the tobacco industry, the so-called Tobacco Endgame, is gaining little political traction, and how better communication can change that. @Wdekanter tabaknee.nl/news/item/3442…

Today marks the 21th anniversary of the WHO #FCTC entering into force - a landmark treaty that transformed the global fight against tobacco-related harm. ASH is honored to contribute to this effective treaty with renown partners: ow.ly/QXTF50Yj4pv @FCTCofficial

“Ireland led the way globally with the introduction of the national workplace smoking ban. It’s time for government to lead again and to focus on elimination of tobacco harm for once and for all.” - Dr. Paul Kavanagh ow.ly/3C9M50YilWT

"We should resist framing endgame thinking as radical. Endgame thinking has precedent... We can achieve this with disciplined, coordinated messaging that makes tobacco industry elimination feel not radical, but inevitable." Read more: ow.ly/1rS450Ykwuw #TobaccoEndgame

NEW REPORT OUT – ‘Making tobacco industry elimination inevitable’ The tobacco and nicotine industry's days are numbered. Learn more in a new strategic playbook with 14 concrete recommendations for advocates from our ally @AshOrg ow.ly/53Hb50Yfkih #TobaccoEndgame

⚠️ #CRC100 – Los niños y niñas merecen protección frente a la agresiva y mortal industria tabacalera. ❗64 organizaciones hacen un llamamiento al CRC para que proteja a la infancia en España de las empresas tabacaleras

"Sadly, the multibillion tobacco industry of today has been built on the backs of the enslaved and their lineage. This success has been achieved to the detriment of Black health." ow.ly/60xM50Yim0v

"The policy could deliver around 88,000 additional years of healthy life compared with no new law." ow.ly/bwhv50Yev5Z

The tobacco industry kills more than 7 million people a year while generating $880B in annual revenue, more than Google, Meta, and Apple combined. Their addiction-based business model is incompatible with human life. Read more: ow.ly/53Hb50Yfkih #TobaccoEndgame