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This is such a bizarrely worded piece. It's like, really trying to milk some sort of controversy. But for the record most of the brands owned by Tobacco-adjacen

This is such a bizarrely worded piece. It's like, really trying to milk some sort of controversy. But for the record most of the brands owned by Tobacco-adjacent holding company were acquisitions. Tobacco companies didn't invent Oreos or Kool-Aid or Jello. And in most cases they were barely involved in the companies they invested in. So in just a bizarre way we're really just talking about the marketability of junk foods.

everybodyknows 3y ago
Consider that the researchers are at University of Kansas, a thousand miles from tobacco country. Try searching the text for "corn". Some eager academic in Virginia or Kentucky might want to study the health perils of high-fructose corn syrup -- local support might be generous.