Pushing CoolSpanning a century, Pushing Cool reveals how the twin deceptions of health and Black affinity for menthol were craftedand how the industrys disturbingly powerful narrative has endured to this day. Police put Eric Garner in a fatal chokehold for selling cigarettes on a New York City street corner. George Floyd was killed by police outside a store in Minneapolis known as the best place to buy menthols. Black smokers overwhelmingly prefer menthol brands