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Former Tobacco Industry Executive Shares Inside Secrets  

LaTanisha Wright said the tobacco industry targets African-American communities.
Jump to full article: Charleston (WV) State Journal, 2009-10-30

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A national organization is bringing to the spotlight the connection between smoking and the African-American community. A five hour seminar was underway Friday afternoon in Charleston called "Follow the Signs." A former tobacco industry manager and current National African-American Tobacco Prevention Network Director is traveling the country - alerting African-Americans on how big tobacco companies are specifically targeting them.

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