ActionSmoking&Health

ASH advocates for innovative legal & policy measures to end the global tobacco epidemic. RT ≠ endorsements. #AfterTobacco #TobaccoViolation

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

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: https://t.co/OwSlloInzk
#PhaseOutCigs #NCTOH2019

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

A simple question, a brief conversation, or a timely referral can connect someone to the support they need to quit tobacco.

Read Dr. Bianco’s perspective—and consider how you can incorporate this life-saving advice into your own work.

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[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

📍Someone is lobbying for tobacco interests where you live.

How many lobbyists are there? Which companies are represented? Has their presence changed? ASH mapped it all.

Explore here: https://t.co/94fmZjHrjp
#TrackTobacco

[DC TOBACCO FREE @tobaccofreedc]

Who’s lobbying for Big Tobacco in your state? @AshOrg tracked 1,199 tobacco lobbyist & firm registrations across all 50 states + D.C. in 2026.

And 339 lobbyists/firms have appeared every year for six years.

Who’s on the list? Explore here: https://t.co/ZIuQ2iAeuJ
#TrackTobacco

[exposetobacco @exposetobacco]

The most important tobacco lobbyist may be the one you never hear about.
@AshOrg found 1,199 tobacco lobbyist and firm registrations across all 50 states + D.C. so far in 2026.

But disclosure rules vary from state to state, making the industry's influence hard to see as a whole. So ASH mapped it, and now you can explore it too.

It's a point STOP highlights the blog "How Lack of Transparency Serves Tobacco Lobbyists" if lobbying can't be seen, it can't be reported. Most countries don't have lobbying transparency laws, so what happens behind closed doors stays secret.

Learn more: https://t.co/zpuQoAPP76

#TrackTobacco

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

“A new standard has been set, and it is time for more cities, states and countries to follow Corte Madera’s example and put the lives of citizens before the profits of the tobacco industry,” says Laurent Huber.

https://t.co/yxUwhLqLbe

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

Noting that nicotine claims more than 7 million lives each year & keeps over a billion people in addiction, President Whipps called for stronger international cooperation to protect young people from nicotine dependence &to put public health before profit.
https://t.co/AwCzEOiCJG

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

+402%. That’s the growth in Philip Morris Intl’s US lobbying presence since 2021.

It’s the largest sustained climb among major tobacco companies we tracked.

Tobacco companies aren’t sitting on the sidelines. They’re building influence.

https://t.co/1EWWaJXuP6
#TrackTobacco

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

“Recognizing our core value of protecting the safety of our community, we took bold action. Our Council unanimously said no to tobacco companies selling harmful products. We hope our action encourages others to follow.”
- Max Perrey, Mayor, Mill Valley

https://t.co/PJrvfWjwvN

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

Who’s lobbying for Big Tobacco in your state? We tracked 1,199 tobacco lobbyist & firm registrations across all 50 states + D.C. in 2026.

And 339 lobbyists/firms have appeared every year for six years.

Who’s on the list? Explore here: https://t.co/0J8xIDrBK7
#TrackTobacco

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

Breaking: Tobacco Industry Maintains Extensive Lobbying Network Across US, New ASH Data Reveal

Six years of tracking show persistent tobacco industry presence in state capitals, with 339 lobbyists and firms appearing every year since 2021.

https://t.co/lpBeIEyKAH
#TrackTobacco

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

“Megan Manning is an extraordinary leader & advocate for ASH, helping shape how we amplify our impact for more than a decade," said @LaurentHuber.

"Her leadership building the Tobacco Endgame movement is crucial. I am thrilled to promote Megan to Director of External Affairs.”

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

“Kelsey has been an extraordinary force for change at ASH,” said @LaurentHuber, Executive Director, ASH.

“She brings together legal expertise, international experience, strategic vision, and an unwavering commitment to protecting the right to health.”

https://t.co/zDDHnMkIdl

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

"The study is part of an ongoing Rutgers project examining how disinformation shaped the debate over menthol and flavored tobacco policies, work that has traced industry arguments from their origins to their effects."

https://t.co/zBrPYqSxQv

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

The European Respiratory Society (ERS) has published a new statement calling for a “tobacco endgame” that would see European countries adopt policies aimed at permanently reducing tobacco use and ending the epidemic.

https://t.co/L7Q6lcuXVW

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

"Shisha smoke is not harmless and exposes users to toxic substances comparable to, or even sometimes higher than, those found in cigarettes."

https://t.co/uVz5coieLQ

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

The French National Health Insurance recommends banning the sale of cigarettes to people born from 2009 onwards in order to create a "tobacco-free generation" in France.

https://t.co/s9SYAFtvQW

#TobaccoEndgame

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

"Rather than establishing a threshold age at which smoking becomes acceptable, it sends a clear message that because there is no age at which smoking is safe, there is none at which it should be considered acceptable."

https://t.co/XTvb0wGe4Q

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

For World Patient Safety Day today, let’s remember one question healthcare workers can ask at every visit to save a life...

Read more: https://t.co/CJ7FhZjj72

#WorldPatientSafetyDay #PatientSafety

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

Breaking: Corte Madera, CA Passed the 1st Tobacco Sales Ban Without Exemptions

“The new standard has been set, and it’s time for more jurisdictions to follow Corte Madera’s lead in prioritizing their citizens’ lives,” said @LaurentHuber, ASH.

https://t.co/YqVeYBC4Sn

[ActionSmoking&Health @AshOrg]

"The European Union’s independent investigator has launched an inquiry into meetings in which tobacco industry representatives asked European Commission staff to intervene in other countries' policies."

https://t.co/mVHcRTBLgW