Tobacco use in the Black American community Background Black Americans have a higher prevalence of smoking compared with other racial and ethnic groups, and they are disproportionately affected by tobacco use in several ways
Despite Chicagolands experience grappling with the failures of the Prohibition, governments here have adopted policies that not only dont work but also actively make the problem much worse for smokers and nonsmokers alike
Although this represents a small proportion of the overall tobacco tax revenue the State collects, it could have used this additional $6.3 million for programs designed to reduce tobacco use and improve the health of Californians, as Figure 7 shows
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Years later, as part of a fellowship with Truth Initiative, Mondy explored the history behind his familys smoking behavior in Black lives / Black Lungs , a documentary that tells the story of how the tobacco industry targeted Black Americans with menthol cigarettes
