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• Nick Cannon Featured in New Anti-Smoking Ad About African-Americans  

Actor/rapper Nick Cannon is putting a satirical spin on a serious subject with his role in a new advertising campaign from truth, the American Legacy Foundation's national youth smoking prevention campaign.

In the new television ad, which began airing Monday (May 14), the MTV Wild 'n Out host sits down with Derrick Beckles, a roving documentarian investigating Big Tobacco. . ..

"Back in the 80's, tobacco companies labeled African-Americans as less-educated, prefer malt-liquor and have problems with their own self-esteem," said Cannon, who expresses shock and disappointment by the end of the ad.

The spot, which is part of a documentary campaign organized by truth, is the foundation's way of using a satirical approach to reinforce some of what it feels is the absurdity of the tobacco industry's views.

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