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Black Cigarette Expose Prompts FDA Action
June 27, 2011
Just days after Black Radio Network featured a new Stanford University School of Medicine study revealing questionable advertising tactics of menthol cigarettes in black neighborhoods, the Food and Drug Administration(FDA) announced it is conducting an independent review of research on the public health impact ...
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FDA Recommends Flavored Cigarette Ban
March 18, 2011
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Hispanic Health Groups Applaud FDA Action
December 16, 2010
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Former FDA Commissioner Calls For Reduction Of Nicotine Levels In Cigarettes
June 17, 2010
"It is a national embarrassment that these lethal menthol products have been allowed to be marketed so disproportionately to African-American youth – or to any youth for that matter," said John Payton, president of the NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund. "Menthol has been the bridge to entice youth to ...
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Minorities And Poor Unlikely To Complete Cancer Vax Regimen
August 30, 2011
A new Yale School of Public Health study concludes barriers that hinder young Black, Hispanic and poor women from completing a series of three vaccinations to prevent human papillomavirus infection (HPV) also leave them at higher risk for cervical cancer and death. According to the Health Behavior News Service ...
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Menthol Cigarettes Harder For Blacks To Quit
August 15, 2011
A new study from the Cancer Institute of New Jersey and UMDNJ-School of Public Health concludes that menthol cigarettes are harder to quit than regular smokes. One of the key points of the research findings was that menthol was found to be generally more common among younger smokers and females. ...
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BLACK VIOLENCE = PHILLY CURFEW
August 10, 2011
Black Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter is fed up with flash mobs that have been taking place in the area over the past year. Young black teens have been harassing, harming and looting local businesses and residents in the Center City area of the city. Mayor Nutter had some choice words for the parents of the kids ...
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STUDY BLASTS CIG BLACK MARKETING
June 24, 2011
A new Stanford University School of Medicine study shows that tobacco companies increased the advertising and lowered the sale price of menthol cigarettes at stores near California high schools with larger populations of African-American students. Study lead researcher Lisa Henriksen, PhD, of the Stanford Prevention Research Center found Tobacco companies increased the advertising and lowered the sale price ...
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New Drugs Encouraging For Blacks Hepatitis C Patients
May 26, 2011
“We found a 65 to 75 percent cure rate in both the people who had never been treated and in those who had a relapse and in the third group we found up to a 55 percent cure rate.†...
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Blacks Support Ban Of Menthol Cigarettes
May 12, 2011
A ban is supported by a majority of Americans (56 percent), particularly African Americans (76 percent) who were found to be disproportionately affected. ...
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Survey: Menthol Smokers Feel "Twice-Addicted"
March 24, 2011
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The War On Menthol Cigarettes
March 17, 2011
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Black Cops Think Menthol Cigg Ban Will Have Negative Impact
February 02, 2011
The NBPA would like to see more of these tax revenues spent and focused on smoking prevention and cessation programs, especially among our youth. ...
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Study: HIV Outcomes Worse For Minorities
January 27, 2011
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Group's 2011 Focus In Haiti: Safe Housing, Jobs
January 10, 2011
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BLACK SMOKERS WIN BIG CLAIM
December 15, 2010
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BET Honors Legends
December 13, 2010
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U.S. Pledges To Invest In Haiti`s Health System
November 19, 2010
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Report Shows Menthol Cigarettes Affects On Blacks
November 15, 2010
A special supplemental issue to the journal Addiction was released focusing on menthol flavored cigarettes. ...
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Black Nurses Concerned Over New RSV Guidlines
October 28, 2010
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BLACKS SMOKING MAD
October 18, 2010
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KANSAS CITY
October 06, 2010
A first-grade art project has
two parents so upset that
they are moving their son
to another school in another city. ...
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NEW YORK
September 30, 2010
The NYPD along with clergy
members from Brooklyn have created
a task force to reduce violence and
build trust within the black and latino communities. ...
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Praise For Heart For Women Act
September 20, 2010
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DADT Activists Confront John McCain
September 16, 2010
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NEW YORK
September 10, 2010
A homeowner who grabbed a rifle
from his house and fired warning shots
after bing threatened by gang
members on his lawn faces criminal charges. ...
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NEW YORK
September 08, 2010
The encounter stirred memories of
the case of John White, a black
Long Island homeowner who shot a
white teenager in his driveway in 2006. ...
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Black Farmers Speak Out On Egg Recall
August 31, 2010
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ATLANTA
August 19, 2010
A father is charged with 25 counts of
making terroristic threats and 25 counts
of child cruelty after
his daughter was bullied on the bus. ...
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Asian Gulf Coast Fisherman Face Uncertain Future
August 16, 2010
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