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Big Tobacco Targets African Americans More than

        Any Other Race





        “We don’t smoke that s_ _ _. We just sell it. We reserve the right

        to smoke for the young, the poor, the black and stupid.”






























          Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce is Serious About Empowering the Community to Create Impactful
                                                  Policy Changes in their cities!

        The industry’s “investment” in the African-
        cans suffer the greatest burden of tobacco-related mortality of any ethnic or racial group in the United States.


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        have already become regular smokers. Nearly 80 percent of all smokers start before the age of 18 and, not sur-


                                                                               -American  youth  in  the  United  States.
        More than two-






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        Contact Us Today                                   Inland Empire Smoke Out Project
        Office Phone: (951)823-0175
        Riverside County Black Chamber of Commerce         info@iesmokeout.org
        2060 Chicago Ave, Ste. #A13
        Riverside, CA. 92507
        www.riversidecountybcc.org
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