Warner Series: It’s Not a Coincidence, It’s Profiling: Perspectives on Tobacco as a Social Justice Issue

African Americans, those in low-income neighborhoods, LGBTQ communities and individuals with mental illness have been the target of profiling by the tobacco industry. The Truth Initiative’s #StopProfiling campaign shines a light on how even today tobacco industry marketing singles out these communities.

Join the Truth Initiative as Jayne O’Donnell from USA Today moderates a panel discussion, It’s Not a Coincidence, It’s Profiling: Perspectives on Tobacco as a Social Justice Issue. You’ll hear personal and professional perspectives on the problem of tobacco use and be a part of a discussion about what can be done to eliminate tobacco-related health disparities for all populations.

Panelists:

• Congresswoman Dr. Alma S. Adams, North Carolina – District 12
• David Casey, Vice President, Workforce Strategies, and Chief Diversity Officer, CVS Health
• Dr. Marjorie Innocent, Senior Director of Health Programs, NAACP
• Ellen Kahn, Director of the Children, Youth & Families Program, Human Rights Campaign
• Donald R. Reed, Jr., West Virginia University Faculty Member, Tobacco Treatment Specialist
• Dr. Jill M. Williams, Professor of Psychiatry and Director of the Division of Addiction Psychiatry, Rutgers University-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School