Henrico Too Smart 2 Start Coalition (HTS2S)
No Menthol Season
Bold Awarness: A Fight to the Finish
To discourage youth smoking, the Family Smoking and Tobacco Prevention Act banned flavored tobacco products in 2009. Menthol was the only flavor that was exempt. Menthol is almost exclusively smoked by African Americans, and Menthol flavored cigarettes are almost exclusively smoked by African Americans. Tobacco products have killed more African Americans than murders, suicides, HIV, and car accidents combined. Let us work together to keep Menthol cigarettes out of the hands of future generations.
Flavored nicotine products are popular among teenagers because they conceal the true harsh nature of nicotine products and, in general, make harmful substances appear more natural. Menthol must be prohibited. What are your options? COMPLETE AT LEAST ONE OF THE FOLLOWING ACTIONS TODAY, if not ALL OF THEM:
1. Watch the very short, but award winning video Black Lives/Black Lungs with a colleague or loved one. Click to Watch
2. Advise a youth that smokes or vapes to text DITCHVAPE to 88709. Go to https://truthinitiative.org/thisisquitting for more information.
3. Sign the Henrico Against Menthol Petition. Click to Sign Petition
4. Post this in design form to your social media page. Click to Post
5. Help a colleague or love one quit by referring them to http://quitnow.net/Virginia.
6. Educate yourself the Menthol Fact Sheet. Get Facts
7. Set this in design form as your Facebook or LinkedIn Banner. Click to Post
8. Sign the national petition. Click to Sign Petition
9. If you have not completed every action, make a plan of when you will
complete another.
