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
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