PETA Urges Holidaymakers to Lighten Up With Pro-Tofu Airport Ads

Clean, Cholesterol-Free, Healthy, Versatile Food Makes You Feel Jolly Inside and Out

For Immediate Release:
December 16, 2020

Contact:
Megan Wiltsie 202-483-7382

Because Hawaii is open—with strict COVID-19 testing and quarantine guidelines—to visitors from the U.S. and Japan, PETA has placed a new ad in the Daniel K. Inouye International Airport encouraging people to help prevent future pandemics by trying tofu for the holidays and year-round.

“From tofu cheesecake to tofu potpie, PETA will help people taste-test tofu and other vegan goodies with free recipes, tips, mentors, and more,” says PETA President Ingrid Newkirk. “And while diseases thrive on filthy factory farms and in slaughterhouses, let’s remember that tofu never caused a pandemic.”

Not only is tofu cheaper than meat, it is also packed with protein, contains zero cholesterol, and can lower one’s risk of suffering from heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and numerous other life-threatening health issues. COVID-19 is believed to have originated in a live-animal market in China, where live and dead animals are sold for food. Previous influenza viruses have originated in pigs and chickens—but never in vegan foods like tofu.

PETA offers a variety of delicious tofu-based recipes on its website, such as General Tso’s Tofu and Buffalo Tofu-Scramble Breakfast Tacos and a vegan starter kit filled with more recipes and tips to provide personalized guidance for cooking, shopping, and more.

PETA—whose motto reads, in part, that “animals are not ours to eat”—opposes speciesism, a human-supremacist worldview. For more information, please visit PETA.org or follow the group on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram.

The ads are located at baggage claim belts 6, 8 9, 11, 18, 21, 23, 25, 28, and 30 and the Mauka airside exit at Terminal 1.