KIR With Jillian Michaels Hot Takes: Big Tobacco bought big food and used the same play book to addict us. Here’s what we do next.
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In the 1980’s, three of the four largest mergers were cigarette companies purchasing food companies. And they used the exact same play book to chemically addict us, rig the research to call it healthy, lobby the government for our tax dollars to subsidize their poison, and expand their marketing to specifically go after our kids. Here’s what happened - 74% of American Adults today are obese or overweight, and on numerous prescription drugs due to sickness caused by the “food.” Here’s what you need to know, and how to fight back. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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