Donnell Rawlings
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And Newport's probably like 10 times worse than... Menthol cigarettes are probably 10 times worse...
I believe that that's a possible part of it, but I also believe that back in the day, and this applies, I don't know if I talk about this, it was certain brands that targeted certain communities just for the loyalty of it.
And I think Newport's was targeting, I don't know if it was a situation where Newport came out, they were spending more ad money with advertising and everything, because I don't know if I shared this story with you, but
Pepsi was a company that did that, where they targeted the black community.
So I think even though, I understand we said more potent, but I think it was something that was in our community, whether that was like cheaper prices or whatever.
And I think it's generation and generation, like you need to do this because black people did this because it was cheaper.
I think that that might be the case with Newport.
I know when I smoke menthol, I sound like Cat Williams in that story.
They ruined, that's one of the reasons I had to downgrade to like, some people think that I started smoking Marlboro Lights because I started dating white women, which is more appealing.
Unless you dated white women from the Midwest, then she probably smoking Newport's and drinking Pepsi's and Coca-Cola just like you.
But I think that's, but I got so many,
bad habits that I need to change.
So menthol cigarettes appeal to black people because it's a cool cigarette.
It makes so much sense why the brand Cool Cigarette because that makes sense.
Damn, what white people do to destroy my community, man.