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New! Webinar Recording of Health Equity: The Impact of Racial Marketing.

Wednesday, April 13, 2022  
Posted by: Bailey Varey

New! Webinar Recording of Health Equity: The Impact of Racial Marketing.

In an interview with Washington Post Live, Georges C. Benjamin, MD, executive director of the American Public Health Association and Keith Wailoo, PhD, professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University discussed the uneven progress that’s been felt in the declining rate of tobacco use in America and unpacked the tobacco industry’s concerted efforts to target African Americans with menthol cigarettes and the Food and Drug Administration’s impending ban on the product.Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids was a presenting sponsor of the discussion.» learn more