The Center is actively engaged in policy change against big tobacco. We fight against the marketing and sale of deadly tobacco products to Black communities.
National Menthol Strategy
The purpose of the National Menthol Strategy is to provide direction and guidance on menthol-related issues impacting African Americans and other communities of color.
This document provides appropriate federal and local strategies and policy recommendations. Although the information in this document is not exhaustive, it does highlight approaches that, when implemented correctly, can reduce commercial tobacco health disparities in these communities.
Using this guide as intended provides resources for public health professionals seeking to reduce the harm of mentholated tobacco products.
National Menthol Strategy Partners:
- Action on Smoking & Health (ASH)
- African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC)
- American Indian Cancer Foundation (AICF)
- American Nonsmokers Rights Foundation (ANRF)
- Asian Pacific Partners for Empowerment, Advocacy and Leadership (APPEAL)
- Colorado Black Health Collaborative (CBHC)
- Lou Moerner Consulting, American Indian Advocacy/Research/Training
- Making it Count Community Development Corporation
- Mills, Sarah D., PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Behavior, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
- National LGBT Cancer Network
- National Alliance for Hispanic Health
- Public Health Law Center (PHLC)
- The Center for Black Health & Equity
- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of African American Studies
- Yerger, Valerie, ND, Professor, University of California, San Francisco; Founding Member of the AATCLC
