Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Maybe they're just trying to make SF a healthier community. Diabetes was ranked 9th in a mortality analysis. I'm still digging, I know this is from 2004, but if you compare 2000 to 2004, I can only imagine the numbers have gone up from 2004-present.
Maybe they're just trying to make SF a healthier community. Diabetes was ranked 9th in a mortality analysis. I'm still digging, I know this is from 2004, but if you compare 2000 to 2004, I can only imagine the numbers have gone up from 2004-present.
Only vending machines on city owned property, what's the problem?
That is the start.
Seriously, you don't think this is ending here do you? You do realize the same activist group that brought the tobacco companies to their knees is now on a mission to go after food and beverage manufactures? Give it time, next they will be banning or heavily regulating on private business. And when that time comes, there will be people on a board like this (If they haven't banned free opinion on the internet by then) saying... "But it is only XYZ, what's the problem?"
It is coming... just wait. It will get worse and at each stage the idiots will be telling you that it isn't that big of an issue.
Look at the progression of smoking bans for examples.
People don't seem to think about things unless it directly impacts them. I don't drink sugared soda. It makes my throat basically clog. not to the point of choking, but it's unpleasant, so I don't drink it. So a ban like this wouldn't impact me at all, BUT I still think it's wrong to be making decisions for people. I'm opposed to the nanny state (smoking bans, etc).
Just to clarify, "libbies" didn't ban sugary sodas in City vending machines, it was an executive order from Mayor Gavin Newsom. Only milk, soy milk, rice milk and beverages that contain 100% of fruit or vegetable juice are allowed in the vending machines on city-owned property. Up to 25% of the drinks can be diet sodas.
The mayor has promoted this ban as a way of combating obesity among city workers since studies show that people who drink a lot of carbonated soft drinks tend to be fatter. However, the policy has drawn some criticism here because soy milk and juice can be high in calories, too. Some say the mayor is trying to cash in on the recent trend among the health-conscious away from food and drinks sweetened with high fructose corn syrup.
The policy affects only city workers and those who work on city-owned properties, not San Francisco as a whole. The next mayor can reverse this policy if he or she wishes to, so here's a memo to Chicken Little: the sky is not falling.
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $68,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 2 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
