Where
The National Press Club
Zenger Rm.
529 14th Street, NW, 13th Floor
Washington, DC 20045
Driving Directions
Contact
Carol McGruderThe African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council
1-888-881-6619
carol@aatclc.org
International Press Briefing
(Live Streamed...Register Below)
What's Menthol Got To Do With It?
Everything! Still!
Registration is mandatory for in-person attendees and web-viewers.
Please join the-
Hon. Karen Bass, U.S. House of Representatives, 37th District
The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council
- Carol McGruder, Co-Chair
- Dr. Phillip Gardiner, Co-Chair
- Dr. Valerie Yerger, Founding Member
And our national colleagues who stand in support with us
Hon. Malia Cohen, Former President of the San Francisco Board of SupervisorsSharon Eubanks, Former Lead Prosecutor, U.S.Department of Justice
Laurent Huber, Executive Director, Action on Smoking and Health (ASH)
Natasha Phelps, Staff Attorney/Lead Minnesota Policy, Public Health Law Center
Channte Keith, Director of Programs, NAATPN, Inc.
Flavia Senkubuge, President College of Medicine South Africa/VP AFPHA
Rev. Jesse Brown, Executive Director, NAAAPI
Tobacco use remains the number one preventable cause of death for African Americans, claiming more than 45,000 lives annually. Due to decades of racialized targeting of mentholated tobacco products by the tobacco industry, over 80% of Black smokers use mentholated tobacco products. These targeted campaigns included manipulation of African American leadership groups, elected officials, Black media, ethnic specific advertising campaigns, and the free distribution of mentholated cigarettes to inner city children as young as nine years old. Many of these pernicious and racist practices are in direct violation of civil law statutes as well as international treaties.
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Press briefing speakers are prominent U.S. and internationals tobacco control advocates, researchers, attorneys, and elected officials.