Recent Victories:
# ASH got the support of Surgeon General David Satcher, M.D., the Department of Health and Human Services [HHS], and the Federal Trade Commission [FTC] for its proposal to require cigar health warnings.
# ASH helped uphold an important settlement for nonsmokers in Florida which has become final.
# ASH helped convince Montgomery County, MD, to ban smoking in all restaurants and bars.
# ASH has persuaded several major restaurant chains to review their policies regarding smoking.
# ASH helped prevent Liggett Tobacco Company from escaping liability for its cigarettes.
# ASH helped to formulate the legal theories behind the government's suit against big tobacco, and to prevent Senate attempts to cut off all funding for the suit.

ASH's Continuing Work:
# ASH's legal petition to ban all workplace smoking is pending before OSHA
# ASH's legal complaints against so-called smokeless cigarettes is pending before the FDA
# ASH's legal petition for FDA regulation of cigars is pending before the FDA
# ASH's legal demand for smokefree airports is pending before DOT
# Informal investigation of smoking in movies triggered by ASH's complaint ongoing by Dept. of Justice
# ASH's legal complaint against "bidi" cigarettes is pending before the FTC
# Various workplace smoking complaints prepared with ASH's help pending before state and federal OSHA
# ASH's Freedom of Information Act requests being processed by FDA