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Is tobacco smoke drifting into your apartment or condo? ASH provides simple steps and legal precedents to protect you from secondhand tobacco smoke. You don't have to put up with a smoking neighbor: learn more! Are tobacco class action lawsuits still possible? Yes! Class action lawsuits against the tobacco industry have the potential to win billions of dollars for both smokers and nonsmokers! Let ASH answer your questions. Separated or divorced from an ex who smokes around your child? Parental smoking endangers your child's health. Fight back! Learn how to protect your son or daughter, and maybe even gain custody. Courts have ruled in nonsmokers' favor repeatedly, often with ASH's help. Heard about e-cigarettes but don't know what to do? Learn more about how these toxic devices are breaking into nonsmoking sections and how you can help ASH take action to protect your rights.

New Developments Smoking should be banned in cars where children are present. Smoking should be banned in casinos like in other workplaces. New York moves toward total e-cigarette ban. E-cigarette imports banned indefinitely. Why smokers have been and may reasonably be banned from adopting. Court rules FDA can again stop e-cigarette imports. ASH files a successful complaint against a business violating VA's smoking ban. Business owners: Save $12,000/employee by hiring only nonsmokers. ASH's Banzhaf appears on FOX News to defend the right to refuse to hire smokers. New Jersey bans e-cigarettes in no-smoking sections after ASH pressure. About ASH Action on Smoking and Health, founded in 1967, is the nation's first, oldest, and largest antismoking organization, and the only one which regularly takes hard-hitting legal and other actions to fight smoking and to protect the rights of nonsmokers. ASH's actions have helped prohibit cigarette commercials; ban smoking on planes, buses, and many public places; lower insurance premiums for nonsmokers and continues to adapt to new and changing threats to nonsmokers' rights. ASH is entirely supported by tax-deductible contributions from people like you concerned about smoking and protecting the rights of nonsmokers. Please consider making a contribution to help ASH continue its 43 year history of protecting your rights and saving lives. Read more... Thank You for Your Feedback ASH's recently redesigned website reflects the insightful input of our members and visitors. We're constantly updating our web presence to respond to your needs; let us know how we're doing!

News You Should Know   Smoking Toddler Kicks Habit PLEASE JOIN/SUPPORT ASH Today, Friday, 09/03/2010 ASH CITED: Helpful Resources for Nonsmokers Ceasing Smoking Therapy Sooner Could Cut Success 40-Cigarette-A-Day Toddler Kicks Smoking Habit Smoking is Dangerous to Health: The Rationale Behind the Warnings Los Angeles Officials Push for Smoking Cessation Bill No Smokes or Alcohol For Trapped Miners Thursday, 09/02/2010 Smokers in Vancouver Must Butt Out While They Play, or Pay Smokers Lower Cancer Risk By Eating Fruits and Veggies NY Judge Blocks Collection of Cig Sales Tax from Indian Tribe Greece Bans Smoking, Again SD Smoking Ban Supporters Cite Workers Health Wednesday, 09/01/2010 Any Amount of Smoking Can Lead to Cancer Causing Genes Smoking Linked to Diminished Error Processing Air Force Bans Electronic Cigarettes from the Workplace The Heavy Truth Behind Light Cigarette Labeling AU Parents Slapped with Heavy Fines for Lighting Up in Cars with Kids MN Study: No Adverse Employment Impact from Smoking Bans Tuesday, 08/31/2010 ASH IN FINANCIALAID: How to Regulate E-Cigs ASH INFLUENCE NOTED: On Planned Ban on Smoking in Parks in NYC Smoking Rates Linked to Education and Cigarette Taxes Hospitals Snuff Out Smoking on Campus Greece to Crack Down Again on Die Hard Smokers Quitting Smoking Helps After Serious Heart Attack Damage Monday, 08/30/2010 Seattle Considers Smoking Ban For Apartments Secondhand Smoke Even More Dangerous Than Previously Thought ASH IN TORONTO SUN on Alternative Tobacco Products Medicare Expands Coverage to Help Seniors Quit Tobacco Signs Still Targeting Poorer Areas Smoking May Make Teen Depression Worse Some Smoking Facts From Britain No More Smoking in Savannah Bars Bloomberg Mulling Over Ban at Parks and Beaches Friday, 08/27/2010 ASH IN FINANCIALAID: How to Regulate E-Cigs ASH LINKED: To Ban Smoking in Parks in NYC Seattle Considers Smoking Ban For Apartments ASH IN NEWSRx: Surgeon General, AF, Warns About E-Cigs Secondhand Smoke Even More Dangerous Than Previously Thought ASH IN TORONTO SUN on Alternative Tobacco Products ASH IN NEWSRx: ASH and the Zeta-Jones Topless Photo Controversy Concern Over You Tube Smoking Ads Targeting Teens HHS Funds LA County Anti-Smoking Campaign Smoking Banned in Bismarck Bars Israel's Health Ministry to Target Web Smoking Ads CDC Report: Youth Smoking Declines Have Slowed Thursday, 08/26/2010 ASH IN NEWSRx: Dangers of Smoking in Car Video ASH ON NEWSRx: E-Cigs Can Take - Not Save -Lives Controversy Over ASH's Earlier Posting of a Topless Photo of Zeta-Jones Smoking While Pregnant Revived by New News Article ASH IN NEWSRx: New Dangers of E-Cigs AU Fights Tobacco With Taxes and Plain Packs E-Cigarettes Spark New Smoking War Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act Targets Kids Concern Over Ireland Cigarette Display Ban Report: LGBTQ Teens Smoke More Than Straight Teens Wednesday, 08/25/2010 Nicotine in Cigarettes Linked to Breast Cancer Activist in Taiwan Fight Against Parents Who Make Children Smoke Hollywood Movies with Smoking Need R Rating Less Than One Quarter of Scots Population Smokes Smoking and Drinking Two Main Causes of Aging Tuesday, 08/24/2010 ASH QUOTED IN SMOKESCENT on the Dangers of Third Hand Tobacco Smoke Egypt Steps Up Effort to Snuff Out Smoking San Antonio Smoking Ban Strengthened Tweeting Instead of Smoking Third of NZ Emergency Cases Are Smokers No Amount of Smoking is Safe Monday, 08/23/2010 NY Smokers Could Pay Up to $7 in Cigarette Taxes Giving Up Smoking Ups Sex Life New Smokeless Tobacco Products Ignite Debate Mad Men Can Be Dangerous to Your Health Passive Smoke Conducive to Genetic Abnormalities Friday, 08/20/2010 ASH QUOTED IN BETTER HEALTH: Why MDs Must Help Smokers Quit CDC To Hollywood: Cut Out the Smoking Teens Who Smoke and Don't Exercise More Prone to Headaches Lethal Habit: Smoking to Claim 2 Million Per Year Low Level Smoking Can Still Cause Lung Damage Smoking Mutates DNA, Making Cancer More Likely Thursday, 08/19/2010 ASH ON TOBACCO.ORG: Smokeless Tobacco Causes Heart Disease and Death UK Youth Smoking Dropped Since Ban on Sales Was Raised to 18 Smoking Ban in Cars Carrying Children Backed By Majority in UK FDA Mulling Ban On Menthol Cigarettes Wednesday, 08/18/2010 ASH CITED on Doctors' Duty to Help Smokers Quit Michael Douglas' Bad Smoking Habit Resulted in Throat Tumor China Takes a Look at Nation's Smoking Problem Lorillard Tobacco Accused of Targeting Black Children E-Cigarettes Prompt More Concerns Report: Cancer is World's Costliest Disease Factors That Encourage Smoking in Teens Tuesday, 08/17/2010 New Zealanders Want to Ban Tobacco Sales SEE FDA's Info on Harmful Substances in Cigarettes Smoking to be Banned on Historic Santa Monica Pier Ocean City May Ban Smoking on Beach South Africa Hits Smokers Hard Countering the Myths of Menthol Cigarettes Blood Donated by Smokers May Cause Issues Smoking Third in List of 2010 Health Concerns for Children Nicotine and Ozone Combination Bad for Asthma Monday, 08/16/2010 ASH ON FOX NEWS: Why Ban Smoking in Casinos Too ASH QUOTED IN CIRCLEVILLE HERALD on Banning Smoking in Cars Smoking Effects on Diabetics More Stats on Smoking Rat Feces Found in Counterfeit Cigarettes Smoking Makes You Stupid: Study Finds Friday, 08/13/2010 ASH PR: Muslims Urged to Quit Smoking For Ramadan ASH PR: E-Cigs May Cost, Not Save, Lives - Study E-Cig Companies Meeting Resistance Smokers Could Face Jail Time in Middletown NY Big Gains if Tobacco Smoke Sales End in Decade Mad Men Links Up With Non Smoking Charity Thursday, 08/12/2010 Two Global Tobacco Companies Charged With Criminal Bribery Japan's Smoking Population Drops to Record Low Smoking and Gestation Watch Dr Discuss E-Cigarette Safety Wednesday, 08/11/2010 ASH ON TOBACCOCHINA: Law Suit Forces Large E-Cig Company to Make Concessions Prenatal Smoke Tied to Poorer Asthma-Drug Response New Law Prevents Mailing Cigarettes to Troops Overseas Risky Combo: Cigarettes and Other Tobacco Forms Men and Young Adults Most Likely Multi-Product Tobacco Users Tuesday, 08/10/2010 SEE ASH's BANZHAF ON FOX NEWS Debate Banning Smoking In Cars To Protect Children ASH PR: E-Cig Company Forced to Make Major Concessions to Settle Law Suit - READ Settlement E-Cig Maker Agrees to Halt Sale in OR The Facts of Stress and Smoking Youth Survey Shows Smoking Decline Among Young People McDonald's to Snuff Out Smoking in Japan Monday, 08/09/2010 SEE JUST HOW DEADLY Smoking in Cars is For Children No Smoking in School: China Fights Against Tobacco Boston Plans to Ban Smoking in Multifamily Units "Smoking Parents Are Child Abusers" Barbados Outlawing Smoking in Public Places Friday, 08/06/2010 Patients Who Violate No-Smoking Rules May Be Denied Treatment E-Cig Seller Sued, Forced to Agree to Settlement READ SETTLEMENT in E-Cig Law Suit Case Modern Day Sherlock Holmes Uses Nicotine Patches ASH ON SOMALI SITE: With a Message to Muslims ASH FEATURED on Muslim Site: Muslims Should Use Ramadan to Quit Forever ASH (through FCA) VICTORY: Uruguay To Keep Warning Labels Smokers Can Learn to Curb Cravings Hospital's No Smoking Ban Ignored AMA Calls On All Parties to Support Plain Packs NY Anti-Smoking Ads Highly Successful Nicotine Addiction: A Health Crisis Tobacco Co. Ordered to Pay $2.2 Million to Smoker's Widow Thursday, 08/05/2010 ASH PR: Muslims Urged to Quit Smoking For Ramadan England World Cup Loss Linked to Tobacco Use; Effects of Smoking on Fitness - "Catastrophic" Smoking Women Can Develop Breast Abscess Smoking Outdoors in Alfresco Areas Risks Health of Nonsmokers Smoking Strikes Out at Youth Events in MS Wednesday, 08/04/2010 ASH IN LIVEGSTRONG: The Dangers of Clove Cigarettes Call For Tobacco to Be Communicable Disease Problems of Promoting Smokeless Tobacco as Harm Reduction Strategy Hospital Smoking Clamp Down Backed Cravings, Emotions Use Same Part of Brain Tuesday, 08/03/2010 ASH PR: New Potential Dangers of E-Cigs ASH PR: E-Cigs to be Banned in UK - Leaked Letter Smoking Worker Cost Employers Big Bucks Tasmania May Ban Smoking in All Outdoor Public Places Researchers Find Firm Link Between Nicotine and Cancer Changing Ingrained Behavior Such As Smoking AR Clean Air On Campus Act Takes Effect WI Children Exposed to Too Much Secondhand Smoke Japan Hits Smokers Where it Hurts Monday, 08/02/2010 New Law in Hong Kong: Visitors Can Only Bring 19 Smokes Ten Detained in Internet Cafes for Smoking Patients Who Smoke Could Be Denied Treatment Split Ruling From NY Judge on Cigarette Regulation Why Experts Are Skeptical of E-Cigs LAST MONTH'S NEWS EARLIER ASH NEWS

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