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ASHAction on Smoking and Health
by Angela Nusca and Bobby Bush
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Purpose of ASH
• To reduce the amount of smoking
• To produce health awareness
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Priorities of ASH
• Protect foster children from secondhand smoke
• Advertise the toxic chemicals found in tobacco smoke
• Urge the US to ratify the FCTC
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Background of ASH
• Non-profit tax-exempt legal action anti-smoking organization devoted to the problems of smoking for over 40 years
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How ASH is Active in the Political Process
• Focus on lawsuits• Class actions against
the tobacco industry• Reason: the potential
to win hundreds of billions of dollars
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Activity in the Political Process
• The ASH organization is trying to get the FCTC ratified by the government
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FCTC Information
• FCTC stands for Framework Convention on Tobacco Control
• It addresses worldwide tobacco issues such as health risks and protection of non-smokers
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FCTC continued
• The FCTC fights the tobacco industry by weakening their political power
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Think twice before smoking…
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Every eight seconds someone dies due to tobacco use…
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FCTC Continued• The FCTC exposes the tactics employed by
multinational tobacco companies
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Political Leaning
• ASH is considered to be moderate because they are for both republicans and democrats as
long as they support their organization