From Cigarettes to Snacks: How Big Tobacco Hijacked America’s Food Chain
Welcome to Chasing Eden, where we pull back the curtain on the modern systems that are poisoning our health, dulling our minds, and robbing our families of real wellness.
Today we’re talking about one of the most jaw-dropping, underreported stories of the last 50 years.
How did the same people who addicted a generation to cigarettes end up engineering the food on your grocery store shelf?We’re going to explore how Big Tobacco, after years of lawsuits and losses, reinvented itself as Big Food.
We’ll look at how companies like R.J. Reynolds and Philip Morris bought Nabisco, Kraft, and General Foods—and brought with them their expertise in addiction, manipulation, and corporate deceit.By the end of this episode, you’ll see why Oreos, Lunchables, and sugary cereals have more in common with Marlboro Reds than you ever thought possible.
