Did Tobacco Giants Really Addict the World with Processed Food?

💡TL;DR: There’s some truth here, but the wildest claims are a stretch.

🚦Hmmm 🤨 - 6/10

🔥Hot Take: Tobacco giants did buy up food brands, but “addicting” the planet is pushing it. Not all food is cigarettes with sprinkles!

🎯 Reality Check: Solid 💪 (1/10)

📝 Why: True! RJR acquired Nabisco in 1985 for around $4.9 billion.

🔗 Source: NYT archives, company history

🐟 Biggest Whopper:

Goes to “masquerading as food.” Oreos are real food, folks!

🙌 Actually True:

Those merger dates? Bang on!