WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs
WHO Civil Society Working Group on NCDs Statement on the UN High Level Meeting on the prevention and control of noncommunicable diseases and the promotion of mental health
Declaration
27 Sep 2025
23 May 2024
Tobacco companies spend millions of dollars lobbying in the U.S. every year in an attempt to weaken, delay or kill life-saving public health policies.
ASH began tracking tobacco industry lobbyists and lobbying firm registrations in 2021, amidst a global respiratory pandemic, and noted significant increases at that time in tobacco industry spending at the federal level to undermine public health and tobacco control policies.