Cigarettes and tobacco products are social and economic injustice issues in the Black community. The tobacco  industry is the #1 predator of our people. Nicotine addiction takes over 45,000 Black lives a year—more than AIDS, police brutality, car accidents, alcohol and other drugs combined.

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The California Department of Public Health’s –Tobacco Control Program has funded the AACC to work to rebuild/increase the capacity of African American/African Immigrant communities to conduct meaningful and relevant tobacco control programs and activities.