10amET Today - Join Civil Rights Leaders to BAN Menthol Cigarettes

[View this email in your browser]( [Black leaders refute industry lies on menthol]( Black leaders refute industry lies on menthol [Stopping Menthol, Saving Lives (60 sec.)]( Stopping Menthol, Saving Lives Zoom Press Conference Call Thursday, December 7 th at 10AM EST. - Yolonda C. Richardson, President and CEO of Campaign for Tobacco-Free Kids. She will open to set up context of the status of the rule and that we are coming together in opposition to the White House’s delay then turn it over for remarks for others. - Derrick Johnson, President and CEO, NAACP - Reverend William J. Barber II, American Protestant minister, social activist, founding director of the Center for Public Theology & Public Policy at Yale Divinity School, and co-chair of the Poor People's Campaign: A National Call for a Moral Revival - Shavon Arline-Bradley, President and CEO of National Council of Negro Women - Melanie L. Campbell, President and CEO of National Coalition of Black Civic Participation - Dr. Yolanda Lawson, President, National Medical Association - Carol McGruder, Founder and Co-Chair, African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council [Join Press Conference]( We should BAN MENTHOL CIGARETTES as they OVERWHELMINGLY KILL BLACK PEOPLE. Please watch the above videos from L.A. Mayor Karen Bass & NAACP Senior VP Jamal Watkins speaking the truth. Shoutout to leaders like Congresswoman Robin Kelly, Mother Hazel Dukes, Derrick Johnson & Rev. Sharon Arline for standing on the right side of SAVING BLACK LIVES! Equally, the Tobacco Companies and disappointingly some Black Leaders are spreading this absurd argument that a Ban would lead to Over-policing. Please. Stop! Please watch and share the video as The White House could decide any day now about accepting the recommendation from the Food & Drug Administration to BAN this deadly items or listen to the loud detractors. Please post a graphic TODAY and encourage your network to take action and tell The White House to BAN MENTHOL. Thank you Family. SAVE BLACK LIVES! [Protect Kids, Advance Health Equity & Save Black Lives]( Tell the White House you support eliminating menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars The Biden Administration is on the cusp of history. In October 2023, the FDA sent the White House final regulations to eliminate menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. Now, the White House – which has supported the plan all along – must approve and issue these lifesaving rules. Tobacco companies target Black Americans and other communities with menthol cigarettes, which are easier for kids to start, more addictive and harder to quit than regular cigarettes. Cheap, flavored cigars come in hundreds of sweet flavors and are now the second most popular tobacco product among kids. And Big Tobacco is doing whatever it takes to protect their bottom line. That's why we need your help to get this historic action across the finish line without delay. [Submit Your Support of Eliminating Menthol Cigarettes & Flavored Cigars]( [Website icon]( [Instagram icon]( [LinkedIn icon]( [YouTube icon]( [Facebook icon]( Copyright (C) 2023 Atlas Strategy Group. All rights reserved. You are receiving this email because you opted in via our website. Our mailing address is: Atlas Strategy Group 837 Washington Ave Bronx, NY 10451-4842 USA Want to change how you receive these emails? You can [update your preferences]( or [unsubscribe]( [Logo]