“tobacco and lung cancer”

R. Doll and A. Bradford Hill. “Smoking and Carcinoma of the Lung: Preliminary Report,” Br. Med. J. 2 (4682) (1950): 739.

“related to lung cancer”

Tobacco Control Legal Consortium. “The Master Settlement Agreement: An Overview”. Public Health Law Center (2019).

“and society at large”

A.S. Nair.  “Dupont Settles Lawsuits over Leak of Chemical Used to Make Teflon.” Reuters. Feb 13, 2017.

“Committee in 1954”

P. Mustain. “That Time Big Tobacco Hired a Sugar Researcher to Help Them Muddle the Science on Health.” Food Matters (blog), Scientific American. Mar 20, 2015.

“has adopted this policy”

T. Tempels et al. “Big Food’s Ambivalence: Seeking Profit and Responsibility for Health,” Am. J. Public Health 107 (3) (2017): 402.

“particular focus on sugar”

UCSF Food Industry Documents

“over any other cigarette…”

Stanford Research into the Impact of Tobacco Advertising. “Stanford Tobacco Documents”

“of weight gain”

D. Mozaffarian et al. “Changes in Diet and Lifestyle and Long-Term Weight Gain in Women and Men,” N. Engl. J. Med. 364  (2011): 2392.

“becomes much stronger”

R.H. Lustig. “Sickeningly Sweet: Does Sugar Cause Diabetes? Yes,” Can. J. Diabetes 40  (2016): 282.

“India, Pakistan, and China”

S. Gulati and A. Misra. “Sugar Intake, Obesity, and Diabetes in India,” Nutrients 6 (12) (2014): 5955.

“with weight gain over time”

R. De Vogli et al. “The Influence of Market Deregulation on Fast Food Consumption and Body Mass Index: A Cross-National Time Series Analysis,” Bull. World Health Org. 92 (2) (2014): 99.

“before you were even born”

R.A. Bentley et al. “U.S. Obesity as Delayed Effect of Excess Sugar,” Econ. Hum. Biol. 36 (2020): 100818.

“disease in 1967”

C.E. Kearns et al. “Sugar Industry and Coronary Heart Disease Research: A Historical Analysis of Internal Industry Documents,” JAMA Intern. Med. 176 (11) (2016): 1680.

“dental caries in 1971”

C.E. Kearns et al. “Sugar Industry Influence on the Scientific Agenda of the National Institute of Dental Research’s 1971 National Caries Program: A Historical Analysis of Internal Documents,” PLoS Med. 12 (3) (2015): e1001798.

“interest regarding funding”

P.M. Serôdio et al. “Coca-Cola — a Model of Transparency in Research Partnerships? A Network Analysis of Coca-Cola’s Research Funding (2008-2016),” Pub. Health Nutr. 21 (9) (2018): 1594.

“contact with the company”

Statement from the Coca-Cola Company on Our Approach to Research and Funding. The Coca-Cola Company, May 8, 2019.

“a favorable conclusion”

L.I. Lesser et al. “Relationship between Funding Source and Conclusion among Nutrition-Related Scientific Articles,” PLoS Med. 4  (2007): e5.

“they just deep-sixed it”

C.E. Kearns et al. “Sugar Industry Sponsorship of Germ-Free Rodent Studies Linking Sucrose to Hyperlipidemia and Cancer: An Historical Analysis of Internal Documents,” PLoS Biol. 21 (11) (2017): e2003460.

“protecting scientists”

P. Martin.  “Australian Paradox Author Admits Sugar Data Might Be Flawed.” Sydney Morning Herald, Feb 9, 2014.

“sugar as a cause of obesity”

A.W. Barclay and J. Brand-Miller. “The Australian Paradox: A Substantial Decline in Sugars Intake over the Same Timeframe That Overweight and Obesity Have Increased,” Nutrients 3 (4) (2011): 491.

“can’t outrun a bad diet”

A. Malhotra et al. “It Is Time to Bust the Myth of Physical Inactivity and Obesity: You Cannot Outrun a Bad Diet,” Br. J. Sports Med. 49 (15) (2015): 967.

“don’t address soft drinks”

D.G. Aaron and M.B. Siegel. “Sponsorship of National Health Organizations by Two Major Soda Companies,” Am. J. Prev. Med. 52 (1) (2017): 20.

“from tobacco stocks” 

S. Kaplan.  “Dr. Brenda Fitzgerald, CDC Director, Resigns over Tobacco and Other Investments.” New York Times, Jan 31, 2018.

“money from Coca-Cola”

S. Kaplan.  “New CDC Chief Saw Coca-Cola as Ally in Obesity Fight.” New York Times, July 22, 2017.

“as the cause of obesity”

A. O’Connor. “Research Group Funded by Coca-Cola to Disband.” New York Times, Dec 1, 2015.

“sense in addressing obesity”

P. Barlow et al. “Science Organisations and Coca-Cola’s ‘War’ with the Public Health Community: Insights from an Internal Industry Document,” J. Epidemiol. Community Health 72  (2018): 761.

“promoting physical activity”

A. Shen. 2013. “How Big Food Corporations Watered Down Michelle Obama’s ‘Let’s Move’ Campaign.” Think Progress (blog). Feb 28, 2013.

“reason to keep on smoking”

L.C. Friedman et al. “Tobacco Industry Use of Personal Responsibility Rhetoric in Public Relations and Litigation: Disguising Freedom to Blame as Freedom of Choice,” Am. J. Public Health 105 (2) (2015): 250.

“(or how your behavior impacts other people)”

T. Babor et al. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – Research and Public Policy. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).

“(or how your behavior impacts other people)”

K.D. Brownell et al. “Personal Responsibility and Obesity: A Constructive Approach to a Controversial Issue,” Health Aff. 29  (2010): 379.

“containing added sugar”

S.W. Ng et al. “Use of Caloric and Noncaloric Sweeteners in U.S. Consumer Packaged Foods, 2005-2009,” J. Acad. Nutr. Diet. 112 (11) (2012): 1828.

“better than food deserts”

K. Cooksey-Stowers et al. “Food Swamps Predict Obesity Rates Better Than Food Deserts in the United States,” Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 14 (11) (2017): 1366.

“7 cents per pound per year”

N.R. Jones et al. “The Growing Price Gap between More and Less Healthy Foods: Analysis of a Novel Longitudinal U.K. Dataset,” PLoS One 9 (10) (2014): e109343.

“of normal weight”

J.G. Trogdon et al. “State- and Payer-Specific Estimates of Annual Medical Expenditures Attributable to Obesity,” Obesity 20  (2012): 214.

“just to carry you”

M. Berman et al. “Estimating the Cost of a Smoking Employee,” Tobacco Control 23  (2014): 428.

“extra $2,751 per employee”

E.A. Finkelstein et al. “The Costs of Obesity in the Workplace,” J. Occup. Environ. Med. 52  (2010): 971.

“will be bankrupt by 2034”

R. Pear. “Medicare’s Trust Fund Is Set to Run out in 8 Years. Social Security, 16.” New York Times, June 5, 2018.

“occurred in 1980”

J.H. Scheuer. “H.R.2313 – An act to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to extend the authorization of appropriations contained in such Act, and for other purposes,” (Washington, DC: U.S. Congress, 1980).

“industries are protected”

PR Source Watch. “American Legislative Exchange Council.” (Washington, DC: Center for Media and Democracy, 2020).

“is blatantly pro-sugar”

SRAS. “SRAS – About us”. (Sydney: Sugar Nutrition Research Service, 2020).

“the industry promulgates”

S. Steele et al. “Are Industry-Funded Charities Promoting “Advocacy-Led Studies” or “Evidence-Based Science”?: A Case Study of the International Life Sciences Institute,” Global Health 15  (2019): 36.

“General Mills, and Danone”

Corporate Europe. “The International Life Sciences Institute (ILSI), a Corporate Lobby Group. European Parliament Report on EFSA Budget Rightfully Judges Links to Ilsi as Conflicts of Interest”.  (Brussells: Corporate Europe Observatory, 2012).

“science that mentions its risks”

M. Van Boekel et al. “A Review on the Beneficial Aspects of Food Processing,” Mol. Nutr. Food Res. 54  (2010): 1215.

“board of Directors of ILSI”

A. Jacobs.  “A Shadowy Industry Group Shapes Food Policy around the World.” New York Times, Sept 16, 2019.

“called into question”

Y. Song et al. “Food Safety Issues in China,” Iran J. Public Health 43 (9) (2014): 1299.

“and tobacco industries”

M. Barrington. “Guest Choice Network.” Mar 28, 1996.

“win ugly or lose pretty”

E. Lipton.  “Hard-Nosed Advice from Veteran Lobbyist: ‘Win Ugly or Lose Pretty’.” New York Times, Oct 30, 2014.

“than excess calories”

C. Snowdon. “Decline in Physical Activity to Blame for Rise in Obesity,” (London: Institute for Economic Affairs, 2016).

“isn’t the cause of diabetes”

R. Lyons and C. Snowdon.  “Sweet Truth: Is There a Market Failure in Sugar?” (London: Institute for Economic Affairs, 2015).

“we couldn’t be healthier”

C. Snowdon. “We’ve Never Been So Healthy. So Let’s Kick out the Killjoys,” Viewsnight. (London: Institute for Economic Affairs, 2017). 

“the food industry”

E. Watson.  “Kellogg Agrees to Settle Sugary Cereal Class Action with $20m Fund.” Food Navigator, Oct 23, 2019.

“went to work for the «enemy»,”

D. Charles. 2013. “How One Man Tried to Slim Down Big Soda from the Inside.” The Salt (blog), NPR. Jan 28, 2018.

“went to work for the «enemy»,”

V. Bauerlein.  “Pepsico Chief Defends Her Strategy to Promote ‘Good for You’ Foods.” Wall Street Journal, June 28, 2011.

“back to Atlanta and quit”

T. Putman.  “The Authors.”

“instead resigned abruptly”

T. Hsu et al.  “Denise Morrison Quits as Campbell Chief, Further Cutting Female C.E.O. Ranks.” New York Times, May 18, 2018.