Mitch Zeller, director of the FDAs Center for Tobacco Products, said that although anti-smoking efforts have been tremendously effective getting people to quit smoking, progress hasnt been experienced by everyone equally and certain populations, including African Americans, have been targeted, and disproportionately impacted by tobacco use. In his forthcoming book, Pushing Cool: Big Tobacco, Racial Marketing, and the Untold Story of the Menthol Cigarette , Faculty Scholar Program Committee Member Keith Wailoo, PhD, Henry Putnam University Professor of History and Public Affairs at Princeton University, delves deep into the heart of the tobacco industry to expose the hidden persuaders who worked together to establish racial markets and shape buying habits that target Black Americanstobacco marketers, psychologists, and social scientists, as well as Black lawmakers and civic groups
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