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The NAACP and all of its units are committed to the health and well-being of African-Americans and are particularly concerned about preventing tobacco use among youth, states the resolution, which also notes that the tobacco industry has perniciously targeted African Americans with mentholated products. The NAACP is following in the footsteps of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc., which in 2013 became the first African-American organization to adopt a national resolution urging the FDA to ban menthol cigarettes

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