Removing menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars from the marketplace will advance racial and health equity, especially for Black Minnesotans.
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Community partners take on menthol tobacco marketing to local African Americans
Menthol cigarettes are having a disproportionate negative impact on the health of the Twin Cities African American community. Yet new evidence suggests that many among this population don’t realize the harmful effects that menthol is having on them. A new grassroots health initiative aims to change this and to encourage members of the community to […]
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Stop menthol’s devastating effects on Black community
Dear editor: African American health, law and educational leaders are calling on President Barack Obama to direct the FDA to remove menthol tobacco products from stores nationwide. Menthol cigarettes kill tens of thousands of Americans every year, a vastly disproportionate number of them are Black. On Sept. 13, members of the African American Tobacco Control […]