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MEDIA ADVISORY... MEDIA ADVISORY...
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION CRITICIZES TOBACCO SETTLEMENT FOR EXCLUDING COMMUNITIES OF COLOR
WHO:
∑ John Garrison, CEO, American Lung Association
∑ Jacqueline McLeod, Past President, American Lung Association
∑ Samuel Aguayo, M.D., American Thoracic Society
∑ Rep. John Lewis (D-GA)
∑ Denise Rolark-Barnes, Publisher, Washington Informer
∑ Kevin Powell, Music Industry Critic, Founding member of VIBE Magazine
WHAT: The $368.5 billion proposed tobacco settlement does not address the needs of communities of color. While the recent Koop-Kessler report provides a starting point for discussion among these communities, the American Lung Association encourages a comprehensive analysis of the settlement's impact on communities of color.
This press briefing will focus on settlement's implications for communities of color in the following areas:
Public health policy
Promotion of tobacco products to minority youth
Advertising in minority media
Marketing of tobacco products in developing countries
WHEN: 10:00 am, Tuesday, July 15, 1997
WHERE: Holeman Lounge
National Press Club
14th & F Streets, N.W.
Washington, D.C.
WHY: Each year tobacco companies spend about $5 billion to promote their products. A significant proportion of those dollars is used to intensively target both African-Americans and Hispanics. An estimated 47,000 African-Americans die from smoking-related diseases annually. Smoking is on the rise among Asian-Americans and Native-Americans.
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