Around 80% of the 1.2 billion tobacco users worldwide live in low- and middle-income countries (2) , where the burden of tobacco-related illness and death is heaviest
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According to one study from the University of California that reinforced much of the material presented during Black Lives / Black Lungs, the tobacco industry purposely sought out relationships with powerful black organizations nationwide, with three inherent goals: to increase African American tobacco use, to use African Americans as a frontline force to defend industry policy positions, and to defuse tobacco control efforts. Recent publications by the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network have determined the public is more likely to be targeted by tobacco companies if they are young, black, or poor