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ASH Action on Smoking and Health by Angela Nusca and Bobby Bush

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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

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