For whatever reason, Ebony magazine and Jet magazine, which were the two leading publications aimed at African Americans, never ran a single non-menthol cigarette advertisement. Americus Reed, a professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvanias Wharton School of Business whose research focuses on brands and identity loyalty, said that all brands attempt to make a cultural connection to a lifestyle that could be focused on a particular type of community, or even a racial group One way they might do that is to tell a story, Reed said
Tobacco companies are finding loopholes in the Europe-wide menthol cigarette ban in order to keep selling products that can get new, younger smokers hooked on tobacco
But even in 2035, one analysis found, more than 160,000 current smokers are projected to die from their habit
No major US airline now offers duty-free shopping, and many international carriers are also following suit by getting rid of a service that has passed its sell-by date
