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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Sharpton visit has ulterior motives
Thanks to the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder for its article “Sharpton straddles fence on menthol cigarette ban” that ran on Feb. 2. Along with several advocates of the Menthol Coalition, I attended this meeting. I am part of a coalition of health and community organizations committed to reducing the harm caused by menthol-flavored cigarettes and other tobacco […]