You had sidewalk billboards, you had street corner billboards, you had billboards on the side of buildings, you had billboards at the top of buildings. Tobacco companies repackaged an old product as a new, cool cigarette and pitched it at the Black communities in Americas rapidly changing cities
We comply with all local laws, as well as our own strict marketing code that often goes far beyond what is legally required, said Corey Henry, a spokesman for the Stamford, Conn.-based company, in an email
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Black people die at significantly higher rates than White people of smoking-related illnesses including stroke, heart disease and lung cancer: They make up 12% of the population in the US, but people who are Black account for 41% of smoking-related premature deaths and 50% of the life-years lost associated with menthol tobacco product use between 1980 and 2018, one study found
