New York City Soda Ban Supported
New York City Mayor Bloomberg recently passed a law banning all sodas over 16 oz from city regulated businesses. The soda ban should be supported, because it will help lower obesity and diabetes rates. It will also make people think about what they are drinking before they use the loopholes to get around it.
The soda ban will help lower the rates of diabetes and obesity, there are a lot of loopholes, but the ban will still make larger portions of soda more expensive and harder to get. As Mayor Bloomberg said when explaining the ban, the point of the ban is not to completely take away your rights of doing what you want, it's to make you realize what a big impact soda has over your health.
Soda is a major component to health problems such as diabetes and obesity, in fact they cause over 5,000 New Yorkers die every year. Of course soda isn't the only reason diabetes and obesity rates are going up, but by eliminating large sodas the topic of obesity and diabetes has come up. Bringing more awareness to these issues, will make people understand the impact that soda has on them, and their health. As Casey Neistat said in the “Soda Ban Explained” video, "Whether or not this ridiculous ban passes, it has forced a conversation about why people are getting fat, and that, that's a good thing."
According to “Sugar Wars,” Mayor Bloomberg said, "It's certainly not the last step that lots of cities are going to take, and, we believe that it will help save lives." This shows that Mayor Bloomberg knows, that soda isn't the only reason for diabetes and obesity, and that he will continue to help. Eliot Hoff, a spokesman. For New Yorkers for beverage choices, claims, "This is not the end." She too agrees that there is still more to do before obesity and diabetes aren't as big of a problem.
In conclusion in New York City soda ban should be supported, even though it's easy to get around it it will make New Yorkers think about what they are drinking before they buy their soda the difficult way. Nobody really needs all that soda, and the ban doesn't even completely take it away from you. Hopefully this will bring awareness to how seriously dangerous the levels of obesity and diabetes are. Whether you're for the ban, or against the ban, We can all agree that our health is important, and that we should come together to protect ourselves.
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