Smoking Cessation and Black Smokers: The Current Landscape

This brief literature review describes some of the barriers that Black smokers face in accessing and successfully using smoking cessation services. These barriers underscore the need for actions beyond banning menthol cigarettes, including effectively engaging Black smokers through culturally tailored smoking cessation services and education.

Audience

The target audiences who may find this review helpful include:

• Tobacco control stakeholders
• Health care organizations and systems that serve large Black populations
• State Medicaid programs
• Funders (government agencies, private foundations, and other funders)

Authors

Four CAI projects:

• Tobacco-Free Coalition of Erie and Niagara Counties
• Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health (REACH) 
• Black People Against Tobacco (Project BAT) 
• Center for Health Sytems Improvement for a Tobacco-Free New York 

Year published or last revised

2022

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