The study also includes excerpts from numerous internal company documents reflecting the industrys sophisticated marketing approaches in areas including: Building a menthol market in Black communities The report examines tobacco industry efforts to sell more menthol products within Black communities by deluging urban centers with menthol cigarette advertisements on billboards, buses and subways, distributing free starter packs and discount coupons, and featuring prominent Black athletes and entertainers in menthol advertisements in leading Black newspapers and magazines
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Flavia Senkubuge, President College of Medicine South Africa/VP African Federation of Public Health Associations 80% of young people who use menthol cigarettes are likely to become lifelong smokers. We cannot have a tobacco free generation with the continued use of menthol cigarettes in particular populations, particularly Africans and African Americans. Natasha Phelps, Staff Attorney/Lead Minnesota Policy, Public Health Law Center The tobacco industry has long taken advantage of institutional racism the scale of the problem is so great that we identify menthol as our commercial tobacco teams top priority. No state has banned the sale of menthol, but they can and should, to protect all of their citizens. Dr
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