NABOB Asks Court To Add Black-Owned Radio To Tobacco 'Corrective Statements' Required Media List

Brief

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF BLACK OWNED BROADCASTERS joined with the NATIONAL NEWSPAPERS PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION in an amicus brief filed FRIDAY (1/17) to ask the U.S. District Court to add African-American-owned radio stations and newspapers to the list of required media outlets for tobacco companies' court-ordered "corrective statements" about the dangers of smoking.

A status conference held by Judge GLADYS KESSLER on the Justice Department's arrangement with the tobacco companies is scheduled for TODAY (1/22).

The brief charges that the tobacco companies targeted the African-American community with marketing and thus ads in black-owned media would be "more effective and complete remedy for the defendants' harmful conduct."

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