FOOD AS THE NEW TOBACCO. “The food industry should be regulated like the tobacco industry as obesity poses a greater global health risk than cigarettes, say international groups … “We want to avoid a situation like the 1960s, where the tobacco industry were saying there is nothing wrong with cigarettes, they are good for our health, and 30 or 40 years later millions have died.”
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