“Tobacco companies spent decades honing marketing strategies,flavor engineering &processing technologies that helped addict consumers to cigarettes.Then, in the 80s, they started buying up large food firms &deployed these same strategies to sell more ultra-processed foods”
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Research published in the American Journal of Public Health details the connection between ultra-processed foods and the tobacco industry when it comes to production, strategy and marketing.