Brown & Williamson, the maker of Kool cigarettes, was sued on Thursday by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer for an advertising campaign that he said targets children. Spitzer said Brown & ...

Sheila Powe of Detroit talks about the nationwide ban of menthol cigarettes aimed at protecting African Americans outside of Big V Party Store on Greenfield Road in Detroit on April 30, 2021. Sheila ...

Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Newport cigarettes ad targeting young Black customers. (Stanford Research into ...

Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Kent cigarettes ad targeting Black smokers. Lincoln Mondy grew up in a mixed ...

The Biden administration's proposed menthol cigarette ban could become a thorn in the president's side during the 2024 elections, political operatives planning to run ads attacking him have told Fox ...

Half a century ago, faced with broadcast advertising bans stemming from overwhelming evidence of the harms of smoking, the tobacco industry used menthol cigarettes to secure new markets among Black ...

Black smokers make up menthol tobacco's largest market, and have the highest rates of lung cancer. But the fight over banning menthol is a complex and divisive issue in the Black community. Lincoln ...