The man Donald Trump has chosen to direct health policy for the federal government has close ties to the tobacco industry he will be charged… Read the full article >

As we mark World Cancer Day, let’s take a moment to envision a day in the future when cancer is no longer ever a death… Read the full article >

On February 1, 2017, the International Association for the Study of Lung Cancer (IASLC) issued the following statement: “According to its own public reports, in… Read the full article >

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Megan Arendt Office: 202-659-4310 Email: [email protected] STATEMENT BY LAURENT HUBER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF ACTION ON SMOKING AND HEALTH Uruguay Wins Its Tobacco Case Against Philip Morris International But PMI Accomplished Its Primary Goal WASHINGTON, D.C. – July 8, 2016 – After more than six years, this morning an arbitration panel ruled… Read the full article >

The theme for World No Tobacco Day on May 31, an annual initiative of WHO and the Secretariat of the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC), is plain packaging of tobacco products. Plain packaging prohibits the use of logos, colours, and promotional labelling on cigarettes and hand-rolled tobacco and gives graphic health warnings more prominence.… Read the full article >

This year for World No Tobacco Day on May 31 the World Health Organization has recommended that countries adopt plain packaging as a way to reduce tobacco use, however so far mostly only rich countries have been able to afford to implement the changes. read more>