Research · 6 October 2026
According to Cochrane: Tobacco smoking during pregnancy remains a major public health concern and is associated with adverse outcomes for both pregnant women and infants. Effective interventions to support smoking cessation during pregnancy therefore continue to be a global healthcare priority. We are looking for author teams to...
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Research · 6 October 2026
According to Cochrane: We are looking for author teams to take on this review assessing school‐based programmes for preventing smoking.
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Smoking Policy · 31 August 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: Twenty years ago, Westin Hotels & Resorts led a transformation for smokefree hotels. In January 2006, Westin became the first major hotel chain to make all of its hotels in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean 100% smokefree indoors. Westin was part of Starwood...
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Smoking Policy · 1 August 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: August 2026: Message from the President and CEO Berkeley, CA—As we mark 50 years of advocacy, I’m reminded of our humble yet powerful beginnings and the people who gathered to make change—citizens who organized to improve working conditions, advocating for “No Smoking” desks and nonsmoking...
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Smoking Policy · 30 July 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: Coalition Stories In 2005, the Georgia legislature passed an exemption-riddled smokefree law, excluding many workplaces and hospitality venues throughout the state from life-saving smokefree protections. The law, with all of its flaws, did one good thing – it established that local municipalities had the right...
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Smoking Policy · 14 July 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: Bronson Frick Quoted in Article . Bronson Frick ANR Director of Advocacy, Bronson Frick, was recently quoted in Why Airports Can’t Quit Smoking Lounges about indoor smoking rooms in Airports and how they are part of the tobacco industry’s playbook to keep nicotine and smoking...
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Smoking Policy · 10 July 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: Casino Workers Urge PA Legislators to Learn From Smokefree Casinos’ Example By Eliminating Secondhand Smoke From All Properties State College, PA —According to newly released revenue data, the newly reopened Happy Valley Casino in State College, Pennsylvania, has joined a growing list of successful smokefree casinos...
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Smoking Policy · 16 June 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: Baring the Truth Behind the Smoking Industry Pete Hanauer, ANR's co-founder, and UCSF professor Dr. Stanton Glantz, brought truth to the public with "Death in the West," a documentary that Philip Morris had legally silenced. The film was directed by Martin Smith, for Thames Television...
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Smoking Policy · 16 June 2026
According to American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation: Every Month a Different Set of Stories In honor of ANR's 50th we're telling stories to illustrate all the magical moments that have led us to nearly 63% of Americans protected from secondhand smoke. The series will feature musicians, casino workers, Tribal partners, smokefree coalition...
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Global Health · 26 July 2021
According to World Health Organization: Many countries are making progress in the fight against tobacco, but a new World Health Organization report shows some are not addressing emerging nicotine and tobacco products and failing to regulate them. Increased adoption of WHO-recommended tobacco control measuresMore than four times as many people...
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Global Health · 27 July 2020
According to World Health Organization: WHO takes this opportunity to remind Member States that are Parties to the WHO Framework Convention of Tobacco Control (FCTC) of their obligations under the Convention. Heated tobacco products are tobacco products, meaning that the WHO FCTC fully applies to these products. (Decision FCTC/COP8(22)) Specifically,...
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Global Health · 29 May 2020
According to World Health Organization: The World Health Organization is today launching a new kit for school students aged 13-17 to alert them to the tobacco industry tactics used to hook them to addictive products. Every year the tobacco industry invests more than USD 9 billion to advertise its products....
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