NYC proposes ban on sale of oversized sodas, sugary drinks

Waste of time. Are they going to ban refills? Are they going to monitor how many sodas a person purchases at the grocery store?

Just my opinion of course.

"The ban, which could take effect as soon as March, would not apply to diet sodas, fruit juices, dairy-based drinks or alcoholic beverages. Nor would it include drinks sold in grocery or convenience stores."

Why can they regulate the size of a soda at a movie theater or sports venue, but not one you buy at the convenience store?

I think it's a silly "ban" and needs to be trashed. 

They were one of the first areas to ban trans-fat deep frying.  Now look at how fit they all are!

 You want a "more fit NYC?"  Ban cars, computers and tv's.

I'm a recovering sugar/food/soda addict, and I think people need a wake up call to the insanity of drinking 600 calories at once in a soda.

But this is not the way to do it. All that legal prohibition does, is to create more demand for the now taboo thing. That's the strategic problem. Watch Boardwalk Empire.

But that doesn't even matter, in the face of the freedom problem, which is ever bigger.

Banning smoke in public places makes sense as it is an infringement on people breathing the same air. This has no immediate effect on the person next to you. The long term effects of obesity on healthcare costs are another matter, but then you let private companies charge more for obesity coverage like they do for smokers.

You just can't legislate it.

Or we could just be batteries to power the government machine...

I have a young friend who is a socialist.  
He attends NYU.
He also smokes.

Taxes in NY are something like $4.50 a pack, which puts a pack of cigarettes at around $9.00 or $9.50.

My young friend now brings cigarettes from Philadelphia and sells them to his socialist leaning friends in NYC at a profit. A pack in Philly is around $4.00 or something like that.

Why?

Because he doesn't want to pay the taxes in NY
even though he thinks that we the people aren't taxed enough.

Go figure.

They have already removed the extra large drink at McDonalds.  I like their unsweetened iced tea and an extra large lasted me all morning and through lunch and it was a buck.  I was pissed, but they said they received government pressure to get rid of it.  I don't want the hassle of carrying two cups everywhere!

Why don't they go after Starbucks and the Venti size of all their Frap's?  One I looked at was 550 calories and 18g of fat...seems like they need policing too...

The ban does not apply to diet sodas so I'd anticipate a lot of establishments switching to self serve fountain style beverages - order a jumbo diet coke, fill up with coke, success.

EDIT: The above post is interesting...

I applaud the thought, but at some point people just need to be held responsible for their actions. That, and how can you say this is for peoples health while at the same time you are catering to and protecting the obese's right to be obese? (IE: Escalators instead of stairs and discrimination law)

I'm with you on that one!!!

So you are saying that because someone is a socialist it means they everyone to be taxed more?  

If you don't like the law (which is likely not to pass) then don't move to NY.  Dang, wonder what happens if everyone in NY moved out cause they don't like the law.  Cause I keep getting told if you don't like something about a state just move...

They are.  Sweetened coffee drinks over 16oz are on the "verboten" list.

No the point is that if he is a true "socialist" he should be paying the local taxes to support the local services that he, and others enjoy.

Furthermore by subverting the taxes, and then by making a profit off of it, he's the socialist pot calling the capitalist kettle black...

So don't buy the big can, problem solved.
I've seen little baby cans and little baby plastic bottles of soda in the gas stations lately - I want to say they are 10 or 12 ounces (as opposed to the standard 20 oz). There is absolutely nothing stopping people from grabbing a smaller portion or, goodness, a healthier choice. Just like there would be absolutely nothing stopping NYC consumers from buying two or more 16oz drinks.

It's like they didn't think this thing through. Shocking.