Answering Dave Chappelle

In his sketch I know black people, Dave Chapelle asked "Why do black people love menthol cigarettes?"
The correct answer was "I don't know".

In it's quest for all things truthy, the New York Times put this
slideshow together to partially answer that question.

If you don't want to waste your time, their argument is that there was a slight preference for menthols by African Americans after WWII that the cigarette companies enhanced by decades of heavy and direct marketing.