![Left: A Kool cigarettes advertisement targeting Black communities for a sponsored event, the Kool Jazz Festival; Right: A Newport cigarettes ad targeting young Black customers.](https://media.npr.org/assets/img/2022/04/28/cigarettes_wide-b4d968abe6a5125b668a56b573dbfca91137ff70.jpg?s=600)
The Food and Drug Administration has announced plans to ban menthol cigarettes, which the tobacco industry has aggressively marketed toward African Americans since 1964.
(Image credit: Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising)
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