Using a tactic borrowed from Big Tobacco, food companies today aggressively market to children and teens, often using cartoons and other characters reminiscent of Joe Camel. Both industries have also denied marketing to young people and used personal responsibility rhetoric to shift blame for their products’ health consequences onto consumers.

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