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