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During the 1950s, the White Sentinel , a white supremacist publication, urged a boycott of Philip Morris for having the worst race-mixing record of any large company in the nation. Philip Morris was first in the tobacco industry to hire Negroes instead of Whites for executive and sales positions, the publication lamented, and the first cigarette company to advertise in the Negro press. Indeed, Philip MorrisAmericas top cigarette maker and part of Altria Groupled the way in making tobacco companies charitable pillars of black cultural, educational, and political organizations
Today, menthol cigarettes are more heavily advertised and priced cheaper in Black communities
Danger : Fine particles penetrate deep into the lungs and bloodstream, causing acute respiratory and cardiovascular problems
Just 9.2 million illicit cigarettes and cigars were seized in 2024, 8.48 million in 2023 and 4.8 million in 2022
