Over 400 years ago, the tobacco industry helped fuel the trans-Atlantic slave trade, stealing Black families — men, women and children — from their homelands and trafficking them to the ...

This Black History Month, I have a simple message for nonprofit organizations in the United States: If you have accepted money from the tobacco industry, send it back. For hundreds of years, from ...

As a long-time menthol smoker and Black American, it’s personal. Black Americans have been at the mercy of Big Tobacco’s deliberate, racist and predatory marketing for far too long.

Addicted to menthol: Big Tobacco’s targeting of Black communities could soon end Debra Lewis, 62, has smoked menthol cigarettes for 40 years and has tried to quit repeatedly.

In fact, tobacco use claims the lives of 45,000 Black Americans every year, making it the No. 1 cause of preventable death in Black communities.

Black smokers are far more likely than other racial groups to die from tobacco-related diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke. Each year, tobacco kills 45,000 Black Americans.

Black adults are dying from tobacco-related illnesses such as heart disease, cancer and stroke at an extremely high disproportional rate. This is an equity issue.

Black tobacco farmers fight to preserve a legacy despite hardship and systemic injustice. This episode explores the rich yet challenging history of Black tobacco farmers in Virginia. From the ...

Thomas used archival research and interviews with children of black tobacco farmers to gauge tobacco's impact on the growth and development of Prince George's County and elsewhere. The exhibition ...

In the 1980s, tobacco-industry sponsored vans rode through Houston’s predominantly Black neighborhoods disturbing free cigarette samples — a program that expanded to 50 cities.

With menthol cigarettes, Big Tobacco targets Black lives. Don't allow profiting from death. Even as kids we knew the truth: Black people smoked menthols, white people didn't.

Science shows switching to e-cigarettes provides the single most effective path for Black smokers to reduce smoking. Yet, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Center for Tobacco ...