Same Game Different Smokers Exhibit

NOW SHOWING IN KENOSHA, WISCONSIN

September 9 - October 11, 2024
Kenosha Public Library
Uptown Branch
2419 63rd St., Kenosha, WI 53143

9AM - 6PM M-F | 10AM - 2PM Saturday
Sunday - Closed
(262) 564-6100

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Commercial tobacco has evolved in some ways over the years, from regular cigarettes to menthols, chew, flavored cigars, orbs, and e-cigs, among many other products. One thing that hasn’t changed is the historic targeting and abuse of Black communities and others by the tobacco industry. It’s the Same Game, just Different Smokers. And it’s coming to Beloit.

The national exhibition, Same Game Different Smokers, is an exploration of the troubling 400+ year relationship between the tobacco industry and Black America. Curated and created by artist and activist Tracy Brown, the exhibit examines topics such as the Tobacco Industry’s role in the birth and evolution of the slave trade in America, targeted marketing through the decades, and the explosion of menthol cigarettes and now e-cigarettes.

The exhibition is sponsored by the Wisconsin Commercial Tobacco Prevention and Treatment Program, its national partner the Association of State and Territorial Health Officials and the Wisconsin African American Tobacco Prevention Network. The exhibit was brought to Beloit by Youth2Youth 4 Change/Southwest Alliance for Tobacco Prevention, a program of Family Services in partnership with the Beloit Public Library.

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Meet the Curators

Tracy Brown
Independent Curator, Artivist (Artist Activist)
Curator of Same Game Different Smokers
Curated and created by artist and activist Tracy Brown, the exhibit examines topics such as the Tobacco Industry’s role in the birth and evolution of the slave trade in America, targeted marketing through the decades, and the explosion of menthol cigarettes and now e-cigarettes.

Carol McGruder
African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC)
The exhibition is also being supported by the African American Tobacco Control Leadership Council (AATCLC), which is based in California. Carol McGruder, co-founder and co-chair of the AATCLC and Tracy Brown helped launch the Same Game Different Smokers exhibition in Milwaukee in May, prior to its opening in Beloit.