Since its foundation 181 years ago the #Economist has built a reputation for integrity based on the independence of its editorial content. But now the respected weekly #NewsMagazine and #Website is facing a growing backlash over the editorial and commercial ties that a division of its parent company has with three of the world’s biggest #TobaccoCompanies. #MediaIndependence

Crisis issue’: the unease at Economist over parent group’s #tobacco links
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/news/crisis-issue-the-unease-at-economist-over-parent-group-s-tobacco-links/ar-AA1rkB1o?ocid=emmx-mmx-feeds&PC=EMMX01

#FoodManufacturing #TobaccoCompanies #Addiction #Hyperpalatable

They took what they learned from tobacco and applied it to their food manufacturing.

“We used multiple sources of data to examine the question, ‘In what ways were U.S. tobacco companies involved in the promotion and spread of hyperpalatable food into our food system?’” said lead author Tera Fazzino, assistant professor of psychology at KU and associate director of the Cofrin Logan Center for Addiction Research and Treatment at the KU Life Span Institute. “Hyperpalatable foods can be irresistible and difficult to stop eating. They have combinations of palatability-related nutrients, specifically fat, sugar, sodium or other carbohydrates that occur in combinations together.”

Fazzino’s previous work has shown today that 68% of the American food supply is hyperpalatable.

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/1000520?fbclid=IwY2xjawFYU8JleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHd3SOyYLyVfW6UAhx5uFvdQ9oTicYfyd6gvshAJIVvC6UqwxYg5P0XKMmA_aem_Jsv2uABF2x6w58it2mNCgw

Tobacco and nicotine industry 'hooking the next generation,' WHO report says | CBC News https://www.cbc.ca/news/health/smoking-vaping-who-1.7212339 “#TobaccoCompanies still actively target young people via social media, sports and music festivals and new, flavoured products, the World Health Organization (#WHO) said on Thursday, accusing companies of trying to hook a new generation on #nicotine.”