ASH Request for Information: Tobacco Industry interference
ASH Request for Information: Tobacco Industry interference
Request for Information
Action on Smoking & Health (ASH) needs your help to collect data on U.S. tobacco industry interference. Extensive research conducted by many organizations has shown that tobacco industry interference is the greatest obstacle to enacting effective tobacco control laws. However, documenting and raising awareness of tobacco industry interference like ASH has done in our U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2020can leverage public opinion to help advance effective tobacco control policies and defeat proactive legislation sought by the tobacco industry. ASH is asking state and local advocates to submit examples (specifically occurrences between January 1, 2020, and December 31, 2020) to include in our 2021 U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index (if you have more recent 2021 examples please submit those as well). Examples of past state tobacco industry interference submissions can be found in our 2019 Index and 2020 Index reports under State Spotlights.
What we need:
- Year of occurrence
- Name of the state/locality
- Description of the occurrence
- Links to any relevant online news or public records (if available)
Please submit your stories to tistories@lists.ash.org or contact Nichelle Gray grayn@ash.org with any questions.
ASH’s Existing Resources on Tobacco Industry Interference:
- U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2020
- U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index 2019
- TID Editorial: Educating the Public and Lawmakers about Tobacco Industry Interference
- BMJ Tobacco Control Blog: Monitoring and Exposing Tobacco Industry Interference in U.S. Public Policy
- ASH Webinar TI series: Educating the Public and Lawmakers about Tobacco Industry Interference
- ASH Webinar TI series: Mobilizing to Overcome Tobacco Industry Interference in Lawmaking
- ASH Webinar: U.S. Tobacco Industry Interference Index
- ASH Webinar: Combatting Tobacco Industry Interference Before, During & After the Age of COVID-19 (World No Tobacco Day 2020)
- ASH Webinar: Tobacco Industry Policy Interference during COVID-19: Why Tobacco is NOT Essential
For more information, please contact Carol Maytum, (916) 591-9988