If you look back to Winston in those early tobacco days, youll see that it grew alongside a lot of entrepreneurial businesses, like Hanes Hosiery, Piedmont Airlines, Wachovia Bank
"This isn't about saying people can't smoke: it's about saying that where people are living in close proximity together, and we know second-hand smoke is a health hazard, people should be protected from second-hand smoke." With files from CBC Radio One's On The Coast To hear the full story, click the audio labelled: second-hand smoke a threat to apartment and condo residents, group says
But the Drizly deal doesnt quite fit that mold, according to Florian Ederer, an economics professor at Boston University who did some of the original research on such acquisitions
Disturbing Similarities Both industries (Big Food and Big Tobacco) share a few key similarities: Both are dominated by a few major companies Both target young children with marketing to create life-long customers Both focus on creating addictive habits Both blame the consumer for the harm caused by their products The classic Kraft macaroni and cheese may seem like an innocent meal, until you realize that the tobacco giant Philip Morris owned Kraft Foods and General Foods merged together to become what was then the largest food company in the world
