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AATCLC In the News Contact: Carol McGruder
888.881.6619
--Full Circle--
YES,YES, YES On Prop E!
Hear Carol McGruder's
The past year has been a virtual roller coaster in our ten-year battle to remove mentholated and all flavored tobacco products from our communities. In 2017, Malia Cohen and the City and County of San Francisco boldly passed historical legislation that restricted
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AATCLC's Yerger, Gardiner, and McGruder...working hard to save the 45,000 Black lives lost each year to tobacco related diseases. |
the sale of these deadly products city-wide.
Tobacco Giant, RJ Reynolds promptly bankrolled (over 11 million and counting) a referendum to repeal this life saving legislation. Tomorrow San Franciscans will decide at the polls. Please listen to Harrison Chastang's indepth interview with AATCLC
Co-Chair Carol McGruder.
KPOO's Harrison Chastang
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We do this for Mario, Trayvon, Oscar, Michael, Philando...and all our boys who are still alive. Don't ever forget that the biggest super- predator of Black and Brown men is Big Tobacco! This is not about freedom of choice for adults, it is about addiction.
Addiction = Slavery.
San Francisco the country is watching... show them "this is how we do it"!!
YES, YES, YES on Prop E
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Scroll Down To See the History of the Legislation
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Unperturbed by the Tobacco Industry's Fight to Keep Their Turf, San Francisco Supervisor Malia Cohen
Tells TV ONE's Roland Martin- Why Menthol and Flavored Tobacco Products Are a Menace To Society
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San Francisco, July 17, 2017- Supervisor Malia Cohen explained San Francisco's new law to ban the sale of menthol and other flavored tobacco products on TV One with host Roland Martin. Her defense of the life-saving ordinance comes as R.J. Reynolds (Newports) is paying signature gatherers five dollars per signature in an effort to mount a referendum and obstruct implementation of the law.
NEWS ONE NOW: San Francisco Bans Sale Of Flavored Tobacco Products Marketed Towards Blacks & Minorities
WASHINGTON, D.C. - JULY 17, 2017 - Broadcasting live from Washington D.C., host and managing editor Roland Martin spoke with San Francisco Board of Supervisors member Malia Cohen about the city's decision to ban the sale of flavored tobacco products during a simulcast with the Tom Joyner Morning Show. Cohen introduced the ban, arguing that flavored tobacco products are disproportionately marketed towards blacks, youth and other minorities. The ban, which takes effect next year and includes menthol cigarettes and vape fluids.
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 (click image to see the interview) "If you actually look at some of the commercials and you actually go into the liquor store or in a smoke shop, you will see how they are packaging these types of products specifically targeting young people. And when you look at the data, the data actually reveals that when people who are under 18 start smoking, they actually start with menthol and/or other flavored tobacco," said Cohen. "It is marketed towards our community and [the] ordinance really is about protecting our community and our health. The tobacco industry is not going to do it for us and so it's really about us stepping up and doing it for ourselves."
(courtesy credit: TV One/News One Now)
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THE FIGHT IS ON... NOT JUST BLOWING SMOKE!
The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council applauds Roland Martin and TV One for interviewing Supervisor Cohen as the battle lines are drawn in the fight with Big Tobacco.
Two recent R.J. Reynolds actions to consider are:
1) Their financial support of letsberealsf.org. in an effort to repeal the new law.
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2) The height of Big Tobacco's audacity as R. J. Reynolds/BAT repackages and releases their deadly menthol product with its Newport Platinum:
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In Related News
AATCLC & SF-CAN's Dr. Valerie Yerger spoke with Tom Joyner's National Audience on "Wellness Wednesdays." Prior to San Francisco Board of Supervisor's historic landmark legislation banning menthol and flavored Tobacco Sales...
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April 18th News Conference....Just the Beginning of Years of Research & Community Education...
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| April 18, 2017 Press Conference on Steps of San Francisco City Hall Announcing Landmark Ordinance. Photo: Malaika Kambon |
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Supervisor Malia Cohen, Carol McGruder, and Dr. Valerie Yerger
Stand Together To Save Lives
(April 18 Press Conference Announcing the Ban on Menthol
& Flavored Tobacco Ordinance. Photo: Malaika Kambon)
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ABOUT AATCLC
The African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), is a collective of tobacco control experts dedicated to research, community collaboration and public engagement, is working to stop the 45, 000 preventable deaths of African Americans due to tobacco related diseases.
Available for on-going print, radio, television and Internet tobacco product related interviews:
Carol McGruder, AATCLC Co-Chair
Phillip Gardiner, DrPH, AATCLC Co-Chair
Valerie Yerger, ND, University California, San Francisco
Contact: Jackie Wright
888.881.6619
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