THE FACTS TELL A CLEAR STORY:
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Big Tobacco uses advertising images and flavors that appeal to kids...
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Big Tobacco advertises closer to schools in low income neighborhoods...
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Big Tobacco advertises 10 times as much in black neighborhoods in a number of cities...
IT'S NO ACCIDENT...IT'S PROFILING
SOURCE: Rising, J., & Alexander, L. (2011). Marketing of menthol cigarettes and consumer perceptions. Tobacco Induced Diseases, 9(Suppl 1), S2. http://doi.org/10.1186/1617-9625-9-S1-S2
SOURCE: U. S. Department of Health and Human Services. Preventing tobacco use among youth and young adults: a report of the Surgeon General. Atlanta, GA: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Office on Smoking and Health;2012.
SOURCE: U.S. Food and Drug Administation. (2013). Preliminary Scientific Evaluation of the Possible Public Health Effects of Menthol versus Nonmenthol Cigarettes. Retrieved here.