http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/10/new-tobacco-bill-racist/ http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3/audio.wnyc.org/takeaway/takeaway061009k.mp3 Menthol Cigarettes: An Issue of Health—and Race http://www.thetakeaway.org/2009/jun/10/new-tobacco-bill-racist/ http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/marlboro-menthol-cigarettes.jpg true 8172 segment Today the Senate is likely to pass a bill allowing the FDA to regulate tobacco. A similar measure passed the House in April. The bill bans all kinds of flavored cigarettes except menthol, which are disproportionately smoked by African Americans. Representative Donna Christensen, chair of the Congres http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/marlboro-menthol-cigarettes_26_square.jpg http://media.wnyc.org/media/photologue/photos/tt/cache/marlboro-menthol-cigarettes_26_square.jpg