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April 30, 2022
The FDA's recently proposed ban on menthol cigarettes prompts researchers to call out the history advertisements targeting Black communities.
April 28, 2022
Menthol cigarette brands are going to be phased out by the FDA and they've finally announced a specific plan to…
FDA Moves To Ban Menthol Cigarettes And Flavored Cigars
April 28, 2021
The Biden administration is placing a ban on the sale of menthol cigarettes. The official announcement is set to happen…
February 5, 2014
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is praising CVS Caremark for its decision to stop selling tobacco products at its…
February 5, 2014
(AP) - CVS Caremark, America's second-largest drugstore chain, is quitting selling tobacco products at its more than 7,600 U.S. drugstores…
January 21, 2014
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Black media outlets want the nation's tobacco companies to run court-ordered advertisements in their publications as…
October 24, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - KT&G, South Korea's largest tobacco company, is pulling a line of 'This Africa' cigarettes after complaints about…
July 23, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health…
April 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the Twitter chat held earlier today on cancer…
August 28, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Investigators have determined that a fire at filmmaker Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios was caused by careless smoking...
June 8, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - A government survey shows more teens are now smoking pot than cigarettes. The Centers for Disease Control…
February 10, 2012
A robbery took place in a CVS pharmacy in Atlanta with the sole intention of stealing hair weaves and cigarettes...
May 22, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - Although black men smoke less than white men, they are 40 percent more likely to develop the…
May 12, 2011
theGRIO REPORT - A third of those deaths are among African-Americans, who predominately smoke cigarettes with menthol flavoring...
February 8, 2011
WASHINGTON (AP) - The first lady says her husband has not smoked in almost a year. She said it is…
December 14, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - Willie Evans alleged the Greensboro, N.C.-based Lorillard Tobacco Co. introduced his mother to smoking as a child…
December 9, 2010
WASHINGTON (AP) - Has the president quit smoking? Gibbs wasn't ready to make that declaration...
November 12, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - Attorney Walter Cofer the allegation that Lorillard intentionally gave out free samples to black children "disturbing."...
November 11, 2010
BOSTON (AP) - Marie Evans recalled she was 9 years old when she first started getting free cigarettes in the…
October 25, 2010
VIDEO - The makers call them "Bama's" (b-short a mas) or "Bama's" (b-ahh-mas) either one, but with a signature oval…