S.F. pushes legislation to promote good health
Heather Knight
sfgate.comLast week, the San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted to make the city the first in the country to ban the sale of cigarettes in pharmacies such as Walgreens and Rite Aid.
And that’s only the city’s latest effort to make us all healthier.
The supervisors also voted to require chain restaurants to post nutritional information, including calories and fat content, on menus. This follows the creation of a program to recognize restaurants that don’t use trans fats and an idea by Mayor Gavin Newsom to levy a fee on retailers of sugary sodas.
The board is also taking up legislation to dramatically curb where smokers can light up, including prohibiting puffing in taxis, lines for ATMs and common areas of apartment buildings. And Newsom wants to close some streets to cars on select Sundays so people can jog, hula-hoop and lay out their yoga mats on the pavement. (more…)
>Watch as cigarette sales go up in grocery and convenience stores.
>Once they realize that posting nutritional information doesn’t change minds, the next step will be to highlight sodium, carb, cholesterol and fat content. When that doesn’t work, folks at the register will be required to tell customers after they order: “You know, that meal you just ordered totals to 1000 calories. You might want to think about it.”
Why am I posting this here? Because when this foolishness comes to your town, you will not be able to say that nobody warned you. What starts out here in Cali will eventually find its way to the east coast.
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