• maaj@lemmy.ca
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        1 year ago

        Because African American smokers tend to favor menthol over other types of cigarettes.

        “In the 1950s, less than 10% of Black smokers used menthol cigarettes. Today, after decades of tobacco industry targeting, that number is 85%. Menthol cigarettes continue to be heavily advertised, widely available and priced cheaper in Black communities."

        https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/industry-watch/menthol-report

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            1 year ago

            So if we ban minorities from the logging industry, that’s the opposite of racism? It’s the deadliest occupation on earth…

            Fisherman, truck drivers, roofers… ban minorities from all of it to save their lives, because that’s the opposite of racism.

            See the flaw in the logic here? Targeting a demographic is, by the simplest definition, an act of racism. Equality of opportunity, not equality of outcome. Banning minorities from entire industries would be to their ultimate benefit, and is obviously racist. Like Jim Crow obvious.

            Your point is very problematical.

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        Because African American smokers tend to favor menthol over other types of cigarettes.

        “In the 1950s, less than 10% of Black smokers used menthol cigarettes. Today, after decades of tobacco industry targeting, that number is 85%. Menthol cigarettes continue to be heavily advertised, widely available and priced cheaper in Black communities."

        https://www.tobaccofreekids.org/what-we-do/industry-watch/menthol-report

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        1 year ago

        Scroll through the comments bruh. You’ll find the explanation without having to Google.