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SUPREME COURT REQUIRES DISCLOSURE OF SECRET FILES

Read about the decesion[new!!!]
SEND E-MAIL TO YOUR U.S. SENATORS AND REPRESENTATIVE

It's Easy, Free, and Effective; Why Not Try It Now![new!!!]
MOTHER MAY LOSE CUSTODY OVER SMOKING, EVEN IN KENTUCKY

Fifteen States Say Secondhand Smoke Should be Factor in Deciding Custody; New Study Says Smoke Annually Kills Hundreds of Kids and Sickens Millions[new!!!]
"SMOKELESS CIGARETTE" SPARKS THREAT OF LEGAL ACTION FDA LIKELY TO REGULATE ECLIPSE AS "NICOTINE DELIVERY DEVICE"

Read ASH's Press Release and the Letter to the FDA: ASH's Filing Reported on CBS-TV Evening News 5/21/96[new!!!]
ROBERT DOLE AND CIGARETTE MAKERS: "AN IMPORTANT ALLY OF INDUSTRY"

Read What the Washington Post Just Reported[new!!!]
PHILIP MORRIS DEAL HASN'T MUCH SUPPORT

Read About Some of the Early Reactions[new!!!]
PHILIP MORRIS's PROPOSAL

Reading the fine print[new!!!]
PHILIP MORRIS's PROPOSAL

ASH First Predicts It, and Then Responds Read the Actual Proposal[new!!!]
AIRLINE CLUBS ARE GOING SMOKEFREE

How You Can Help Accelerate the Trend[new!!!]
PARENTS ARE DELIBERATELY MAKING THEIR KIDS SICK, AT WHAT POINT DOES IT BECOME CHILD ABUSE OR ENDANGERMENT?

Help Protect Your Neighbors' Children Please Share This Information With Them[new!!!]
TODAY'S SUPREME COURT DECISION ON LIQUOR ADS AND FREE SPEECH IS UNLIKELY TO AFFECT CIGARETTE AD RESTRICTIONS PROPOSED BY FDA

Read a Synopsis of the Decision For Yourself[new!!!]
SECRET CIGARETTE INDUSTRY TAPE RECORDINGS FILED TODAY WITH FDA DESCRIBE NICOTINE DELIVERY, AND REMOVAL OF CARCINOGENS

Fact that Industry Could Remove 60% of Major Class of Cancer Causers Opens Them Up to New Class of Law Suits, Says ASH [new!!!]
LIGGETT-RJR MERGER SEEMS DEAD FOR NOW

LeBow Concedes Defeat for Now; Read His Statement for Yourself [new!!!]
PREVIOUSLY-SECRET TAPE NOW MADE AVAILABLE

Read What ABC-TV Refused to Air, and About Reagan's Secret Promise [new!!!]
PREVIOUSLY-SECRET TAPE NOW MADE AVAILABLE

Read What ABC-TV Refused to Air, and About Reagan's Secret Promise [new!!!]
COURT RULES INDUSTRY PERPETRATED FRAUD ON PUBLIC

Read How Court Rejects Claims of Privilege, and Makes Secret Documents Available
NEW DISNEY MOVIE AND BOOKS ABOUT TOBACCO INDUSTRY TO HAVE TELLING IMPACT

Likely to Affect Pending Cigarette Cases as Well as Politics and Public Opinion
SMOKERS MAY LOSE CUSTODY OF CHILDREN

New study published
NEW STUDY DRIVES FINAL NAIL INTO TOBACCO'S COFFIN AT FDA

Find out the truth
TEXAS FILES UNIQUE LAW SUIT CALLING INDUSTRY RACKETEERS

Now You Can Read It For Yourself, and Urge Your State to Sue Also
READ WHY CLOUDS OF SMOKE HANG OVER ACADEMY AWARDS

Are Movies Eligible for $10,000 Fine as Well As Oscars?
ASH EXPLAINS, DISCUSSES, AND DEBATES LIGGETT SETTLEMENTS

Now You Can Read the Settlement With the States
ASH HONORED AT WHITE HOUSE CEREMONY

ASH Contest Bombards FDA With Over 35,000 Kid Entries
ASH ANNOUNCES ANOTHER VICTORY IN WAR ON SMOKING

Read the Secret Affidavit of a Tobacco Insider
THE CASTANO LIGGETT SETTLEMENT

You've Read About It - Now You Can Read It
HELP GET THEM TO SUE THE BASTARDS

Several states have already sued the major tobacco companies
ASH WINS FIRST ROUND IN BATTLE WITH OSHA

Judges Could Require Agency to Ban Smoking Before Presidential Elections
ASH $1000 ESSAY CONTEST

Read about contest judges Richard Marx and Mike Peluso
EXPOSE TOBACCO INDUSTRY COVERUP AND INTIMIDATION

Help Demand a Senate Investigation Now!
SECRET DOCUMENT SHOWS HOW CIGARETTE MAKERS MANIPULATE NICOTINE

Secret Documents
NEW RULES TO CRACK DOWN ON CIGARETTE SALES TO KIDS

ASH To Announce New Program of Enforcement Shortly.
PHILIP MORRIS RAN NICOTINE FACTORY

Secret Documents
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN LAUNCHED

A Bipartisan National Campaign to Support the FDA Regulations
TOBACCO ACTION AGAINST FDA (August 1995)

The tobacco industry lawsuit challenging FDA Regulation
REGULATIONS RESTRICTING THE SALE AND DISTRIBUTION OF CIGARETTES(Extracted from the Federal Register, Vol. 60, number 155, published Friday, August 11, 1995)

The proposed FDA regulations to protect children

Recent Documents Made Available by ASH

Tobacco & America's Youth (From the Congressional Record, July 31, 1995 [House])
Tobacco & America's Youth (From the Congressional Record, July 31, 1995 [House])
Smoking, Nicotine & Related Matter (Statement of Henry Waxman (D-CA) made in the House.
Keep checking our Press Releases list below for frequent updates on current topics.

We maintain our link to the secret tobacco industry documents made available by the University of California. Please check our Hyperlinks to Smoking Related Sites.

* Introduction to ASH

* Request information from ASH

* Recent press releases [new!!!] Most recent - February 26, 1996

* Peruse our newsletter - The ASH Review [new!!!] Recent newsletter - July-August, 1995

* Individual papers

* Selections from the EPA's report on involuntary smoking

* Links to smoking related sites

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Created: April 4, 1995

Last Updated: April 19, 1996 - Dynamic Representations