I’m NOT trying to be racist, but, I have noticed that if i bum a cig off a black guy they always have Newports. It’s not just American blacks either, Somalians and other African peoples too.
They were heavily marketed in black communities as were certain malt liquors and other products.
http://thedailyvoice.com/voice/2008/07/should-menthol-cigarettes-be-b-000815.php Here’s a link, rather than just that crap talk that it ain’t true.