Black Public Health Leaders Condemn Medical College Decision To Accept Juul’s $7.5M Funding

The grant from the e-cigarette company has set off a debate about the challenge of taking corporate money and not becoming biased in the funder's favor. Leaders of Meharry Medical College in Tennessee said the grant allows them to open a public health center to study issues impacting African Americans. Opponents argue that African Americans were targeted for smoking menthol cigarettes and have a higher death rate from smoking. In other news on vaping, a pen exploded and fractured a teen's jaw.

from Kaiser Health News http://bit.ly/2WYr30k