>>I see no actual harm in such a law, only stupidity.
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>Cambridge, MA is stepping up to the plate to demonstrate the harm.
>MAYOR DAVIS
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>WHEREAS: High intake of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages increases the risk of obesity and diabetes; and
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>WHEREAS:
> New York City has a plan to limit the serving size of soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages sold in restaurants; now therefore be it
>ORDERED:
> That the City Manager be and hereby is requested to refer the matter of a ban on soda and sugar-sweetened beverages in restaurants to the Cambridge Public Health Department for a recommendation.
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>http://www2.cambridgema.gov/cityClerk/PolicyOrder.cfm?item_id=35515
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>Behavior control laws are harmful because they empower the stupid to further impose their vision of life on everyone.


Health is different because the cost is shared by all. Either we have to allow people to die that can't afford even basic health care or we have to be proactive in leveraging healthier consumption choices to lower the overall cost burden.