Podcast: Big Tobacco, Black trauma

Packs of cigarettes on a store shelf
Packs of menthol cigarettes and different tobacco merchandise at a retailer in San Francisco.
(Jeff Chiu / Related Press)

Menthol-flavored cigarettes have been controversial for many years, and the Meals and Drug Administration is weighing a nationwide ban on them. However tobacco corporations will not be a fan of shedding out on hundreds of thousands of dollars with that doable transfer. In order that they’ve enlisted leaders in a group that has lengthy been the largest shopper of menthols: Black individuals.

Learn the present transcript right here.

Host: Gustavo Arellano

Friends: L.A. Occasions medical investigations reporter Emily Baumgaertner, and Ben Stockton of the Bureau of Investigative Journalism.

Extra studying:

How Large Tobacco used George Floyd and Eric Garner to stoke worry amongst Black people who smoke

Hooked on menthol: Large Tobacco’s focusing on of Black communities might quickly finish

Op-Ed: Large Tobacco helped destroy Black People’ well being. Banning menthols might assist enhance it

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