I don't care for soda too much but this is ridiculous.. To determine how much someone drinks? Really? Yet they still sell cigarettes for people to consume!!?!
I don't care for soda too much but this is ridiculous.. To determine how much someone drinks? Really? Yet they still sell cigarettes for people to consume!!?!
Right? I don't see McDonald's on the corner being shut down. I mean, what?
You can't get a 2-liter bottle with Pizza, either...
I just can't believe they're limiting soda you drink but people are free to smoke cigarettes which cause cancer, emphysema, diabetes, heart attack which unlike soda isn't cured by burning extra calories by working out.
While soda is bad for you and I don't drink it, I just don't think this regulation is going to do anything. I mean, people are still going to be able to buy cases of soda at their local supermarkets and drink it at home. THAT overeating--when you have food available and ready to each as much and as often as you want--is the real issue here.
Soda isn't the issue, it's people who drink too much of it and that's a problem with the individuals. This is stupid and the fact that they're doing it when Summer is starting up is going to be disastrous. You just know people will be complaining that they're dehydrated in the Summer heat without their ginormous sodas
I don't support this, but soda makes you fat, especially if you have more than one can a day. Once your body can't process all the sugar, it is directly stored as fat. It's one of the leading causes of obesity. People should stop drinking it, but for the government to control it is a little bit much. I've quit for about two months now and I feel so so much better. I didn't drink that much of it (maybe a soda every other day if that), but I feel so much better throughout the day and don't feel tired as **** all the time.
NEW YORK (WABC) -- In a major defeat for New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, a state judge has dismissed the city's planned ban on sugary drinks as illegal.
The ban was scheduled to take effect on Tuesday.
In the decision, the judge wrote that Bloomberg's sugary drink regulations are "fraught with arbitrary and capricious consequences. The simple reading of the rule leads to the earlier acknowledged uneven enforcement even within a particular city block, much less the city as a whole."
Judge Milton Tingling added that the ban raised concerns because it would apply "to some but not all food establishments in the city, (and) it excludes other beverages that have significantly higher concentration of sugar sweeteners and / or calories on suspect grounds..."
Shortly after the ruling, Mayor Bloomberg's office tweeted, " We plan to appeal the sugary drinks decision as soon as possible and are confident the measure will ultimately be upheld."
The ruling came as barbecue joints, coffee counters and bottle-service nightclubs prepared for the coming clampdown on big, sugary soft drinks.
Some restaurants ordered smaller glasses. Dunkin' Donuts shops told customers they'll have to sweeten and flavor their own coffee. Coca-Cola had printed posters explaining the new rules.
City officials had said it's a pioneering, practical step to staunch an obesity rate that has risen from 18 to 24 percent in a decade among adult New Yorkers. Health officials say sugar-filled drinks bear much of the blame because they carry hundreds of calories - a 32-ounce soda has more than a typical fast-food cheeseburger - without making people feel full.
The city "has the ability to do this and the obligation to try to help," the plan's chief cheerleader, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, said last month.
Critics say the regulation would not make a meaningful difference in diets but will unfairly hurt some businesses while sparing others. A customer who can't get a 20-ounce Coke at a sandwich shop could still buy a Big Gulp at a 7-Eleven, for instance, since many convenience stores and supermarkets are beyond the city's regulatory reach.
New Yorkers have been divided on the proposed restrictions. A Quinnipiac University poll released last week found 51 percent opposed it, while 46 percent approved.
