The tobacco giant wasnt taking any chances
As of 2025 it held approximately 40.5% of total US cigarette retail share and close to 59.4% of the premium segment
Black devil :5% Honey : 2% Vanilla Madagascar :2%
As the FDA moves closer to setting standards for prohibiting mentholated tobacco products from the marketplace, the tobacco industry is aggressively working to undermine the effort using African American advocacy leaders as spokespersons, paying protesters to rally in opposition, and spreading lies and misinformation about the intent of menthol bans
There have been disputes about how successful Australian plain packaging laws have been in cutting smoking
By Onjewel Smith, ANR Foundation Southern States Consultant May 11, 2022 Under the smokescreen of social justice, Big Tobacco is pimping Black leadership and stoking community tensions to protect its most dangerous flavormentholated tobacco products