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Drinks Ban Passes in New York City
New York City's Board of Health approved - by an 8-0 vote (with one abstention) -Mayor Michael Bloomberg's plan to ban the sale of sweetened beverages above 16 ounces at restaurants and other foodservice operations.
The ban, which will prohibit restaurants, delis, food carts, stadium...
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Great, now there will be guys on every corner saying, Pssst. Hey buddy, want to buy a 20 ounce Mountain Dew?
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This law was passed in Boston already - what can you do? Vote republican
So now they are going to try to tell me what non-alcoholic drinks i can have....why not just ban every drink except for water.
now they will just sell you the 16 oz for the same price they were selling the 30oz drinks....
Interesting ban. Wonder how this will affect New York in the coming years. Looking forward to results/studies!
Stupid law. Just another thing our government is trying to control. US Democracy is the new communism.
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Who here drinks 16+ ounces of soda at a time anyways? Is it necessary? Probably not. It is true that it should be a person's right to choose whatever they want to drink and how much of it they want to drink. With increasing obesity rates and health care costs should the government intervene?? Probably not, it is definitely one's choice. But who will help us if we can't help ourselves?
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