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A former tobacco industry executive is in Charleston to discuss how she feels tobacco companies negatively target African Americans.
Jump to full article: WSAZ NewsChannel 3 (Huntington, WV), 2009-10-30
Intro: CHARLESTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- A former tobacco industry executive is in Charleston to discuss how she feels tobacco companies negatively target African Americans.
Friday's event was at the Blessed John XXIII Pastoral Center in Charleston.
La Tanisha Wright is the director of the National African-American Tobacco Prevention Network. She also developed a program called "Follow the Signs."
The program addresses the impact of Big Tobacco contracts on the placement, presence, price and promotion of tobacco to African Americans, according to the news release. The goal of the seminar is to showcase what can be done to reduce and prevent tobacco related disease and death.
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