The average African-American adult has been exposed to about 892 tobacco-related ads, and youth, 559 tobacco-related ads.[1] Among adult and youth smokers, Newport, Kool, and Marlboro are the most popular brands. About 42% of black adults smoke Newport, while 84% of young African-Americans smoke this brand as well. African-Americans are the top consumers of all menthol products. Some products were made specifically for African-American consumers, such as Marlboro Menthol Shorts, which were advertised as being "exquisitely designed for the African-American lung."
Anecdotally when I sold cigarettes at a gas station black people generally were more likely to by menthol. I wasn't aware of the stereotype at the time so it's at least a little unbiased.
this 2011 paper on menthol smoking from roughly 2004-2008 had this to say:
Blacks had the highest rate of past month menthol cigarette use between 2004 and 2010. Almost one in five blacks smoked menthol cigarettes each year. The 2010 rate for blacks (19.1 percent) was close to triple that of whites (6.5 percent) and Hispanics (7.8 percent), and
5 times that of Asians (3.6 percent). By contrast,
blacks had the lowest 2010 rate of nonmenthol cigarette use (3.5 percent).
There was a clear black vs. nonblack menthol usage on the graph on page 4; most other race/ethnic groups were 8% max.
The non-menthol cigarette usage was almost the exact opposite; roughly 20% usage among whites and 3-4% among black people.
I think the statistics are a little bullshit to be honest (I saw this cited by a .org site attributing to it data that is not in this paper) but I think there is definitely a racial divide in menthol cigarette habits
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Is there any actual evidence that Black people smoke more menthols compared to other people or is it just a stereotype?
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:capitalist-woke:
That last sentence. Somebody got paid for that idea instead of laughed out of the marketing department
Do they measure the brain pan too?
Thank you!
Anecdotally when I sold cigarettes at a gas station black people generally were more likely to by menthol. I wasn't aware of the stereotype at the time so it's at least a little unbiased.
this 2011 paper on menthol smoking from roughly 2004-2008 had this to say:
There was a clear black vs. nonblack menthol usage on the graph on page 4; most other race/ethnic groups were 8% max.
The non-menthol cigarette usage was almost the exact opposite; roughly 20% usage among whites and 3-4% among black people.
I think the statistics are a little bullshit to be honest (I saw this cited by a .org site attributing to it data that is not in this paper) but I think there is definitely a racial divide in menthol cigarette habits
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