 There had been internal resistance to tobacco sponsorship, and some organizations are now rejecting nicotine funding as a matter of policy.Race-specific advertising exacerbated small (a few percent) racial differences in menthol cigarette preferences into large (tens of percent) ones.It has been proposed that menthol cigarettes, which are more addictive but not healthier, should be banned, partially on grounds that race-specific marketing for a more addictive product is a social injustice.