A way you can have an extremely positive impact is to support The Campaign for Tobacco Free Kids through your donations and involvement in their amazing programs. They are saving lives every day as they battle one of the most amoral industries in history. I have first hand experience with Big Tobacco since they murdered both my parents and are targeting our grandsons.
What follows is a message from their President that is part of the attached article.
“As our nation confronts a multitude of serious challenges, including a pandemic that has disproportionately impacted Black Americans and other people of color, the issue of racial health disparities has come into even sharper relief.
For more than 60 years, the tobacco industry has exacerbated the problem by deliberately targeting the Black community with menthol cigarettes, which are more addictive, easier for kids to start using and harder for smokers to quit than other cigarettes.
The tobacco industry has profited enormously, while destroying Black lives and health. In the 1950s, less than 10% of Black smokers used menthol cigarettes. Today, 85% of Black smokers smoke menthol cigarettes. Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death among Black Americans. It claims 45,000 Black lives each year, and Black Americans die at higher rates than other groups from tobacco-related diseases such as cancer, heart disease and stroke.
We are committed to confronting the tobacco industry’s deadly targeting of Black and other communities and addressing related health disparities with utmost urgency and purpose…”
Sincerely, Matt Myers President
Be safe all,
Peter Prichard