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They Used to Make Us Pick Tobacco

Every wonder why the Black community smoke cigarettes more than others? It's by no accident! We all know Africans were brought to America to work on tobacco farms as slaves, but we're still slave to tobacco companies! Learn more!

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Black Lives / Black Lungs

Nearly 9 in 10 African American smokes use menthol cigarettes. That's no coincidence. Black Lives / Black Lungs is a short film investigating the tobacco industry’s successful infiltration into the black community. Created by filmmaker and progressive communications strategist, Lincoln Mondy. Visit BlackLivesBlackLungs.com to learn more.

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Menthol Cigarettes 101

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The Social Determinants of Health

The public health community has come to realize that health is not just about individual behavior choices; it is also about the social conditions of where people live, work, learn, play and worship. http://www.thesolproject.com/learn.html

Community Action Plan

Saving Our Legacy, African Americans for Smoke Free Safe Places (SOL Project), and a Social Determinants of Health Planning Committee comprised of health educators, public servants, health care practitioners, policymakers, and non-profits came together to develop a community action plan (CAP) that addresses social determinants of health among African Americans in Sacramento California.

The CAP explores disparities related to:

heart disease
type 2 diabetes
tobacco use
obesity

It is our hope that the CAP will spark a movement among organizations, medical providers, businesses, community advocates, and residents to implement more strategic and synchronized efforts around social determinants of health.

Download the CAP