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Racial Segregation Linked to Lung Cancer

Racial Segregation Linked to Lung Cancer Deaths

Living in a Black neighborhood may be bad for your health.
01/18/2013
Blacks May Be Set to Lose Menthols - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is now considering banning mentholated cigarettes. The FDA’s Tobacco Products Scientific Advisory Committee has been studying the effect of the cigarettes for the past year. The popularity of brands such as Kool and Newport in the Black community has been blamed by many for the higher rate of lung cancer among African-American men in comparison to white men. An ad campaign for Lorillad, the company that makes Newports, pushes the idea that adults should have the freedom to smoke menthols if they want to. “Informed grown-ups who decide to smoke should have the freedom to choose menthol cigarettes,” one ad states, USA Today reports.

Smoking Menthols Increases Stroke Risk

Eighty percent of African-American smokers prefer menthols.
04/17/2012
Alabama State University to Implement No Smoking Policy

Does Discrimination Cause People to Smoke?

Blacks account for 12 percent of adult smokers in U.S.
03/26/2012
Are Menthol Cigarettes Losing Their Cool? - Menthol cigarettes, popular in the Black community, may be losing their appeal according to a new study. The report, released in the American Journal of Public Health, shows that 83 percent of Blacks and the majority of Americans want to ban the addictive cigarettes.(Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

Commentary: Not So Kool: Big Tobacco Targets Black Smokers

African-Americans support banning mentholated cigarettes.
03/14/2012