Tahjma Hall has been surrounded by menthol cigarettes since birth. “I’ve been told that my mom would get a glass of milk and cigarette, then sit down and breast feed me,” Tahjma says. “Everyone smoked ...

President Joe Biden’s administration in December pressed the brakes on a plan to ban menthol cigarettes. They are popular with Black smokers but have been found by federal health officials to be ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. “We have seen delay on voting rights, delay on living wages, and now a delay of a moral rule to regulate menthol,” said the Rev.

In 2009, Congress took the important step of banning flavored cigarettes that enticed youth to start smoking. However, that landmark legislation contained a significant flaw: a loophole that allowed ...

Black Buffalo Inc., the modern alternative to traditional smokeless tobacco, is announcing their official sponsorship of the 2026 American Tobacco and Nicotine Forum (ATNF), taking place April 20--22 ...

Six years after his seminal short film Black Lives/Black Lungs documented the decades-long campaign transforming menthol into a Black cigarette, filmmaker and former Truth Initiative fellow Lincoln ...

As executive director for the Center for Black Health & Equity, I’ve witnessed the devastating health impacts of the tobacco industry’s predatory marketing of menthol cigarettes on the Black community ...

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