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December 14, 2023
Civil rights leaders and Black organizations call on the Biden-Harris administration to end a delayed ruling to ban menthol cigarettes.
May 2, 2023
Widespread loneliness in the U.S. poses health risks as deadly as smoking up to 15 cigarettes daily, costing the health…
February 25, 2023
Lawmakers are urging the FDA to prevent both the marketing and sale of e-cigarette nicotine products to middle and high…
April 28, 2022
Menthol cigarette brands are going to be phased out by the FDA and they've finally announced a specific plan to…
A woman smokes a cigarette
May 3, 2021
HHS Secretary Xavier Beccera says the Biden administration wants to "save lives in the Black community" with ban on menthol…
December 4, 2018
New research suggests yet another reason (as if there weren't enough already) for people of color to quit smoking
August 1, 2016
Former Pro Bowl defensive end Leonard Marshall has won two Super Bowls and spent 11 years in the NFL before
September 25, 2015
Rich Homie Quan is being investigated by authorities in Georgia after a video surfaced of him smoke what appears to…
May 6, 2014
VIDEO - In July of 2012 an apartment fire forced residents to evacuate the Brush Creek Apartments in Kansas City.…
April 11, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A viral Vine video shows an adult letting a toddler smoke what appears to be marijuana.
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 31, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - African-American women are more likely to die from breast cancer than women of any other race or…
September 24, 2013
NEW YORK (AP) — President Barack Obama says he hasn't had a smoke in years — thanks in no small…
July 23, 2013
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A Food and Drug Administration review concludes that menthol cigarettes likely pose a greater public health…
June 12, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) - U.S. Surgeon General Regina Benjamin says she plans to step down next month after four years as…
April 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - In case you missed it, here’s a recap of the Twitter chat held earlier today on cancer…
January 17, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - How segregated a neighborhood is may determine who dies from lung cancer, according to a new study...
August 28, 2012
ATLANTA (AP) - Investigators have determined that a fire at filmmaker Tyler Perry's Atlanta studios was caused by careless smoking...