tobacco
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FDA Says Menthol Cigarette Ban Won’t Target Black Smokers
Menthols are primarily marketed mainly to Black consumers.
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Connecticut Tobacco Field Where Martin Luther King Jr. Worked Will Be Named a Historical Site
Martin Luther King Jr. worked at Meadowood to help pay for his college tuition.
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Menthol Cigarettes Were Aggressively Marketed to Black People. Now Congress Is Looking to Ban Them
Kool cigarettes have undergone more makeovers than the Kardashians. Initially, they used a cartoon penguin named “Willie,” who was a chef, a soldier and a doctor. Then, in the 1960s, they kicked Willie out into the cold and tried using a country frost approach that included images of water and snow. Then in the 1970s…
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Getting This Smoke: Black Activists Slam Meharry Medical School Decision to Take $7.5 Million Grant From Juul
Black activists and health experts are slamming what they say is Meharry Medical College’s deal with the devil: in this case, the electronic cigarette company Juul, calling the HBCU’s recent decision to accept a $7.5 million grant from the e-cigarette firm deeply troubling. “Juul doesn’t have African Americans’ best interests in mind,” LaTroya Hester, of…