The advertising firm that promoted Lucky Strikes had sent physicians free cartons of the cigarettes and asked them whether Lucky Strikes were less irritating to sensitive and tender throats
In fact, after controlling for other demographic factors and smoking behaviors, one study found that black people who smoke were more than 10 times more likely to smoke menthol than white people who smoke
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Big Tobacco has a track record of targeting Black populations using marketing tactics that appropriate African American culture
As Peter Hajek, a professor at Queen Mary University of London, put it, "Regulators need to watch out for unintended consequences of overzealous regulation, such as stifling such developments or making e-cigarettes more expensive and less attractive to smokers
This means that you can have no physical presence in a state and only make sales, yet you may still be required to obtain the requisite state license(s), pay the appropriate tax, and be subject to state tobacco audits