Originally posted by neo96

The "ban" doesn't apply to "diet" sodas which taste rather nasty in my opinion. Wait and see New York will face tax revenue loss from this "briliiant plan of action to combat obesity".

Very interesting that it doesn't include diet soda... Do they want everyone getting cancer from coke zero or are they just getting something from coca cola for pushing the sale of it?

The chance of the most populated city in America actually being able to go through with this? Slim to none. It wont happen.

Honestly it sounds like you dont know jack.....

Soda in any shape or form is enomusly unhealthy. There's absolutely nothing that warrants safeguarding sodaproduction, im surprised it had been allowed to survive for this long.

Refined sugar is a form of drug on the lvl of heroin etc. It's instantly addictive and shares the traits that nicotine has in the way that it makes you think you need it and thats its ok to consume it.
Sugarfree products are deadly in their own way since it has been proved over and over agin that sweeteners are directly linked to cancer.

I dont know why you are trying to defend the sale of soda products... Even by saying thats it has always been here.. Duuh. That doesnt mean its a safe product....

You need to educate yourself a bit regarding health and foods since this move by new york is a move based on public health rather than trying to take something away from you.

Here in Denmark we finally got tax on fat and sugar meaning that the foods or should we cal them snack became more expensive to buy than PROPER food. Excellent move since obesecity has become a public western issue. If you obese... I would go as far as saying youre a liability to society and need to be under administtration... Price and amounts on BAD products like soda and whatnot is a step in the right direction.

Originally posted by flice


You need to educate yourself a bit regarding health and foods since this move by new york is a move based on public health rather than trying to take something away from you.

Sorry,but you don't find this totalitarian?


I do .

Healthy or not.

Is this article somehow suggesting that humans are incapable of turning down a large size drink?
seriously bizarre and evidence that the zombie apocalypse is well and truly with us

Here is another thing those genius's are not thinking about is the volume of a 32 ounce soda is usually displaced by a volume of ice which takes away from the total volume of soda consumed,

Which means if the volume of ice filled top would displace at last half of the total volume of soda consumed.

Maybe the heart is in the right place, but useless things like that will do nothing, except boost profits for the sellers. No more bulk discount so to speak. It's usually a tiny bit cheaper to buy a regular size, than two smalls. Know what I mean?

Fatty will just end up buying two regular sodas, to wash whatever greasy food down their gullet anyways. Just another useless rule stacked upon a million other useless rule. We have what 3409585092834908234 useless regulations in NY already

double post

Originally posted by QQXXw
. I support mayor Bloomberg on this 100% and its about time other politicians stopped thinking about money and revenue and started to think about the health of the citizens they serve.

Then you support this..........Which I dont.

Totalitarianism (or totalitarian rule) is a political system where the state recognizes no limits to its authority and strives to regulate every aspect of public and private life wherever feasible

In Denmark they did the oppesite, they raised the tax on sugar (and fat) overall, in the name of health.

People are still buying as much as before the raise, and the tax money is flowing in to the goverment.

It's not about health

First "they" went after the smokers...for health reasons.

Now "they" are aiming at large sugar sodas...for health reasons.

Does anyone see a pattern in this?

Next, they will tax cases of soda because of all the extra packaging. Honestly, its seems we are becoming what was seen in the movie Demolition man. They will ban toilet paper and replace it with 3 sea shells one day.