TREMENDOUSLY. YOU THE MAN. WHEN HELPING HANK INVESTIGATES. EXPECT MORE. THE FDA IS
CONSIDERING A PHASE OUT OF
MENTAL USE IN CIGARETTES AND
ADDITIVE THAT HAS HAD A MASSIVE
IMPACT ON AFRICAN AMERICANS AND
WANTED TO TALK ABOUT THIS FOR
SEVERAL WEEKS. SO GLAD TO HAVE
WITH MIMI NO. JONES. HERE TO
TALK ABOUT IT. SHE IS THE
FOUNDER AND CEO OF MAKING
ACCOUNT COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
CORPORATION. THANK YOU VERY MUCH
FOR COMING. THANK YOU FOR
INVITING ME. THIS IS SOMETHING A
HEADLINE THAT MAYBE WOULD BE
REALLY EASY TO JUST KIND OF RUN
RIGHT PAST BUT CIGARETTES AND
MENTAL IN PARTICULAR. HAVEN’T
HAD AN AMAZING IMPACT SADLY, SO
ON THE BLACK COMMUNITY SOCIAL
JUSTICE ISSUE 45,000 AFRICAN
AMERICANS LOSE THEIR LIVES TO
TOBACCO RELATED DISEASE. EVERY
YEAR. IT’S THE NUMBER ONE KILLER
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE
UNITED STATES, SO WE APPLAUD FDA
. THIS ISN’T A HISTORICAL
MOVEMENT MOMENT IN THE MOVE IN
THE RIGHT DIRECTION TOWARDS
ADVANCING HEALTH EQUITY. IT’S
ALMOST LIKE A STEREOTYPE OR
CLICHE JOKE OVER THE YEARS ABOUT
JOKES ABOUT COOLS, BUT IT’S RE
IT’S ALL BASED IN TRUTH BECAUSE
BACK IN THE SIXTIES, THERE WAS A
MASSIVE PUSH. TO CREATE MORE
AFRICAN AMERICAN SMOKERS. IF YOU
THINK ABOUT THE COOL, COOL, JAZZ
MIX FESTIVAL, RIGHT I KNOW YOU
LOVE MUSIC. NO AFRICAN AMERICANS
. WE LOVE PEOPLE LOVE MUSIC, AND
SO THAT WAS PURPOSELY DESIGNED
TO LOWER AFRICAN AMERICANS INTO
ADDICTION OF MENTOR PRODUCTS,
RIGHT WE HAD MILES DAVIS AND
MUSIC IN THE FRONT. SURE TOBACCO
NEWPORT’S COOLS WINSTON IN THE
BACKGROUND SELLING FREE PRODUCTS
, UH, NOT SELLING, BUT GIVING
AWAY FREE PRODUCTS RIGHT NOW,
MATERIALS. I REMEMBER MY DAD
BACK IN THE DAY HE HAD THAT
LITTLE SWEATBAND YOU KNOW, IN
THE CUFFS, AND I WOULD TAKE THEM
AND PUT THEM ON. I THOUGHT THAT
THEY WERE COOL. AND I WAS A KID,
RIGHT? WORKED AMAZINGLY WELL,
BECAUSE NOW 85% OF THE MARKET
FOR MENTAL CIGARETTES. OR
AFRICAN AMERICANS IN THE
FIFTIES. IT WAS 5. AND TODAY
IT’S ALMOST EXCLUSIVELY USED BY
AFRICAN AMERICANS TO A PRETTY
EFFECTIVE ADVERTISING CAMPAIGN.
DOES IT DOES? IT DOES
INTERESTING BECAUSE I THINK SOME
PEOPLE THINK THIS IS A NO
BRAINER. LET’S GET RID OF THAT.
IT’S ALSO BY THE WAY I SHOULDN’T
I SHOULD ALSO INCLUDE INCLUDES
SWEETENED CIGAR PRODUCTS AND
THINK IT’S NOT JUST MENTAL, BUT
ANYTHING THAT KIND OF HIDES THAT
SMOKE THAT CAN HELP PEOPLE
UNDERSTAND THAT IT’S DANGEROUS,
BUT IT’S INTERESTING START
LOOKING AROUND. YOU SEE PEOPLE
LIKE AL SHARPTON SAYING THAT
WAIT A MINUTE. LET’S NOT GET
CARRIED AWAY. THIS IS JUST ONE
MORE SMALL LAW. THAT MOSTLY
AFFECTS AFRICAN AMERICAN AND
MOSTLY AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN,
JUST ONE MORE WAY FOR THE LAW TO
TRIP THEM UP. LET’S BE CAREFUL
BEFORE WE MOVE DOWN THAT ROAD
DOES HE HAVE A POINT? ACP ALSO
ENDORSES THIS, YOU KNOW, A AND
AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION
THIS IS, YOU KNOW, LONG TERM
RESEARCH THAT HAS BEEN DONE, YOU
KNOW, TO GET TO THIS POINT FOR
FDA. TO BAN MENTHOLATED FLAVORED
TOBACCO PRODUCTS, RIGHT, UM
NATIONAL AFRICAN AMERICAN
TOBACCO NETWORK IS FUNDED BY
REYNOLDS. AMERICAN IN PARTS. SO
YEP, FOLLOWING THE MONEY, BUT WE
HAVE SEEN ERIC GARNER LOST HIS
LIFE IN NEW YORK BECAUSE HE WAS
SELLING SINGLE CIGARETTES. FDA
HAS FDA HAS MADE IT, YOU KNOW,
CRYSTAL CLEAR THAT THIS IS NOT
ABOUT TARGETING. SMOKERS OR
USERS OF MENTHOLATED OR FLAVORED
CIGAR, MENTHOLATED TOBACCO
PRODUCTS OR FLAVORED CIGARS. F D
A, YOU KNOW, ENFORCES RETAILERS
AND MANUFACTURERS MATURES,
ESPECIALLY RIGHT. ERIC GARDNER,
YOU KNOW, AND IN ALL OF THE
OTHER SOCIAL JUSTICE AND POLICE
BRUTALITY ISSUES IN OUR IN THE
UNITED STATES, WE KNOW RACISM
AND POLICE BRUTALITY ARE AN
ISSUE. BUT SO IS MENTOR IN A
MENTOR TO THE TOBACCO COMPANIES
. THEY’RE THE NUMBER ONE KILLERS
OF AFRICAN AMERICANS. NOT THE
POLICE TOOK ME BACK TO THAT. THE
IDEA OF GIVING THEM AWAY THE WAY
THEY DID THAT PUSHES FIRST HITS
ALWAYS FREE, RIGHT? YEAH YOU
KNOW, I RECENTLY LEARNED THAT
DAVE CHAPPELLE HE WAS GIVEN FREE
CIGARETTES AT NINE YEARS OLD
GOES THROUGH THEM NOW, LIKE A
CHIMNEY. YEAH, YEAH, IT’S REALLY