As Philip Morris came under pressure for nicotine and cigarettes, it eventually started looking at the food divisions in light of the emerging obesity crisis. And there were moments in these internal documents where Philip Morris officials were saying to the food division, “You guys are going to face a problem with salt, sugar, fat in terms of obesity of the same magnitude if not more than we’re facing with nicotine right now and you’ve got to start thinking about this issue and how you’re going to deal with that.”
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