Is selling unhealthy fast food morally different than selling cigarettes?

Who cares. We have freedom in this country, at least for now. We don’t need our benevolent government telling tax paying Americans what to do or how to live our lives.

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We do all we can to discourage tobacco use, should we stop fast food from marketing to children?

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Every fast food restaurant commercial I've seen in 20 years is marketing to adults. So I must ask you - what the frick are you talking about? Ronald McDonald's Happy Meals in the 80's?

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So I must ask you - what the frick are you talking about?

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Happy Meals are still advertised...

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Yes, McDonald's Happy Meal commercials are very common, appearing regularly on TV and online, showcasing new toys from movies (like Inside Out 2 or Kung Fu Panda) and promoting fun, healthy food choices with animated characters and catchy jingles to attract kids and families.

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Also,

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That sounds like a commercial for Disney World, not so much a commercial for McDonald's.

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It’s both- a tie in… not that I care- the choice for a happy meal is ultimately up to the adult and the onus is on them. But- it is fair to point out that brand awareness and loyalty starts while kiddos are still in pull ups.

No....no different than cigarettes, or booze, or cigars. But apparently according to daddy government a 5 MG THC gummy is the scourge of humanity and must be stopped

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But apparently according to daddy government a 5 MG THC gummy is the scourge of humanity and must be stopped

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Not all governments. Just backwards red state ones.

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Not all governments. Just backwards red state ones.

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Or our shitty federal one

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Is fast food responsible for the obesity crisis?

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Don't worry about it. Who eats that stuff anyway? I only eat egg and sausage taquitos from Whataburger. It's a pretty good breakfast.

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No one gives a damn.

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But you see, some people do give a damn. That's who matters, the people who do give a damn, we don't like seeing the power of national advertising selling such blatantly unhealthy crap to children and people looking for the cheapest calories available.

Now we have Doordash and video games, and you look at crowd pictures from the beach in the 60's, where did all the skinny people go?

Let’s say you get a burger and fries with a coke from McDonald’s.

You can buy all of that at the grocery store and make it at home.

So what’s the difference really?