Centering racial justice for Black/African American and Indigenous American people in commercial tobacco product regulation

doi:10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107117

. 2022 Dec;165(Pt B):107117.

doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107117. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Centering racial justice for Black/African American and Indigenous American people in commercial tobacco product regulation

Affiliations

¹ Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, 100 W. Franklin St., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220, USA. Electronic address: abbrelan@vcu.edu.
² University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, 717 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA. Electronic address: dcarroll@umn.edu.
³ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: rdenling@wakehealth.edu.
⁴ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: jcornacc@wakehealth.edu.
⁵ University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, SSB 300 2001 N. Soto Street, Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: toya@usc.edu.
⁶ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: cawhite@wakehealth.edu.
⁷ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: edonny@wakehealth.edu.
⁸ University of Arkansas for Health Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 4301 West Markham, # 820, Little Rock, AK 72205, USA. Electronic address: PFagan@uams.edu.
⁹ African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, 390 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
¹⁰ Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, 100 W. Franklin St., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220, USA. Electronic address: teissenb@vcu.edu.
¹¹ Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, 100 W. Franklin St., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220, USA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of African American Studies, 816 W. Franklin St., Box 842509, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. Electronic address: mguy@vcu.edu.

PMID: 35716811
PMCID: PMC9722549
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107117

Centering racial justice for Black/African American and Indigenous American people in commercial tobacco product regulation

Alison B Breland et al. Prev Med. 2022 Dec.

. 2022 Dec;165(Pt B):107117.

doi: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107117. Epub 2022 Jun 15.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, 100 W. Franklin St., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220, USA. Electronic address: abbrelan@vcu.edu.
² University of Minnesota, School of Public Health, Division of Environmental Health Sciences, 717 Delaware St SE, Minneapolis, MN 55414, USA. Electronic address: dcarroll@umn.edu.
³ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: rdenling@wakehealth.edu.
⁴ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Division of Public Health Sciences, Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: jcornacc@wakehealth.edu.
⁵ University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Institute for Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Research, SSB 300 2001 N. Soto Street, Health Sciences Campus, Los Angeles, CA 90033, USA. Electronic address: toya@usc.edu.
⁶ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: cawhite@wakehealth.edu.
⁷ Wake Forest School of Medicine, Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical Center Boulevard, Winston-Salem, NC 27157, USA. Electronic address: edonny@wakehealth.edu.
⁸ University of Arkansas for Health Sciences, Fay W. Boozman College of Public Health, 4301 West Markham, # 820, Little Rock, AK 72205, USA. Electronic address: PFagan@uams.edu.
⁹ African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council, 390 Fourth Street, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA.
¹⁰ Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, 100 W. Franklin St., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220, USA. Electronic address: teissenb@vcu.edu.
¹¹ Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of Psychology, Center for the Study of Tobacco Products, 100 W. Franklin St., Suite 200, Richmond, VA 23220, USA; Virginia Commonwealth University, Department of African American Studies, 816 W. Franklin St., Box 842509, Richmond, VA 23284, USA. Electronic address: mguy@vcu.edu.

PMID: 35716811
PMCID: PMC9722549
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2022.107117

Abstract

Although overall health in the United States (US) has improved dramatically during the past century, long-standing health inequities, particularly the unequal and unjust burden of tobacco-related disease and death among racialized populations, persist. A considerable gap exists in our understanding of how commercial tobacco product regulations and policies cause and/or exacerbate race-based health inequities among Black/African American (B/AA) and Indigenous American people. The purpose of this paper is to 1) describe how existing US commercial tobacco regulatory policies may contribute to structural racism and undermine the full benefits of tobacco prevention and control efforts among B/AA and Indigenous American groups; and 2) initiate a call to action for researchers and regulators of tobacco products to examine policies using an equity lens. These actions are imperative if empirically-informed regulation of commercial tobacco products is to address health equity.

Keywords: Racial justice; Regulation; Structural racism; Tobacco control.

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[1] Andrasfay T, & Goldman N (2021). Reductions in 2020 US life expectancy due to COVID-19 and the disproportionate impact on the Black and Latino populations. Proc of the National Academy of Sciences, 118(5). 10.1073/pnas.2014746118 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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[3] Bailey ZD, Krieger N, Agénor M, Graves J, Linos N, & Bassett MT (2017). Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions. The Lancet, 389(10077), 1453–1463. 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X” 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X - DOI - DOI - PubMed

[4] Bailey ZD, Krieger N, Agénor M, Graves J, Linos N, & Bassett MT (2017). Structural racism and health inequities in the USA: evidence and interventions. The Lancet, 389(10077), 1453–1463. 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X” 10.1016/S0140-6736(17)30569-X - DOI - DOI - PubMed

[5] Blackwell JR (2022, Jan 20). Iconic chewing tobacco brand Red Man is changing its name and getting rid of its Native American imagery. Richmond Times-Dispatch. https://richmond.com/business/iconic-chewing-tobacco-brand-red-man-is-ch...

[6] Blackwell JR (2022, Jan 20). Iconic chewing tobacco brand Red Man is changing its name and getting rid of its Native American imagery. Richmond Times-Dispatch. https://richmond.com/business/iconic-chewing-tobacco-brand-red-man-is-ch...

[7] Bonilla-Silva E Rethinking racism: Toward a structural interpretation. American Sociological Rev. 1997: 465–480.

[8] Bonilla-Silva E Rethinking racism: Toward a structural interpretation. American Sociological Rev. 1997: 465–480.

[9] Braveman P (2014). What are health disparities and health equity? We need to be clear. Public Health Reports, 129(1_suppl2), 5–8. 10.1177/00333549141291S203 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

[10] Braveman P (2014). What are health disparities and health equity? We need to be clear. Public Health Reports, 129(1_suppl2), 5–8. 10.1177/00333549141291S203 - DOI - PMC - PubMed

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