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Feds look to regulate food similar to tobacco, with hopes of saving money on health care
Daily Caller ^ | 6/23/2011 | Neil Munro

Posted on 06/22/2011 5:47:22 AM PDT by xtinct

The federal government has a growing interest in the eating habits of Americans for the same reason it has an interest in tobacco consumption, said Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The reason is money, because three-quarters of medical-spending is driven by chronic diseases, such as obesity and tobacco-related diseases, she said.

Sebelius’ comments came at the tail-end of Tuesday’s White House press conference where officials showcased nine new photos that must be carried on cigarette packs. Officials used a survey of 18,000 people to find the images that would have the most distressing impact on groups of smokers, including young smokers and mothers of young kids.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailycaller.com ...


TOPICS: Food; Government; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: cigarettewarning; dhs; fda; food; foodnazis; foodpolice; governmentintrusion; highertaxes; kathleensebelius; nannystate; obamacare; pufflist; regulateeating; smoking
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Who didn't see this coming?



Libertarian ping! Click here to get added or here to be removed or post a message here!

61 posted on 06/23/2011 8:12:35 PM PDT by bamahead (Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master. -- Sallust)
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To: bamahead; Eric Blair 2084
Who didn't see this coming?

Drango

(I don't feel like courtesy-pinging him - he can just tax me more for it)

62 posted on 06/23/2011 8:30:56 PM PDT by libertarian27 (Ingsoc: Department of Life, Department of Liberty, Department of Happiness)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

Yup.. the smokers tried to warn them that banning smoking all over the place was only the first step in total control of their lifestyle.. oh well.. looks like now they are coming after all the junk food addicts.


63 posted on 06/23/2011 10:05:50 PM PDT by eXe (Si vis pacem, para bellum)
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To: LucyT; BP2; rxsid; null and void; Candor7; melancholy

Ping


64 posted on 06/24/2011 4:16:05 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: xtinct

They need to require some pics of livers ruined by cirrhosis and dead people killed by drunk drivers on all alcohol containers. Would look great on the bubbly at weddings !


65 posted on 06/24/2011 4:18:28 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Nightshift

Gnip

All your food belong to us.


66 posted on 06/24/2011 4:28:58 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Voter62vb

Probably! You know they started installing smart meters in San Fran and those will also monitor Internet usage?


67 posted on 06/24/2011 4:35:51 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Tolerance Sucks Rocks

Ty for the ping! Keep em coming! Well actually , it would be great if they weren’t any reason for nanny state pings.


68 posted on 06/24/2011 4:37:51 AM PDT by tutstar
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To: Voter62vb
What's next? Ear tags, collars with bells and to learn the proper nuanced pronunciation of “moo”?

The hard part will be teaching cows to say "Mao".

69 posted on 06/24/2011 6:35:24 AM PDT by jellybean (Bookmark http://altfreerepublic.freeforums.org/index.php for when FR is down)
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To: xtinct

I’m stockin’ up on chocolate, butter, and red meat!!!!


70 posted on 06/24/2011 7:41:45 AM PDT by rejoicing
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To: ExTxMarine

That’s interesting, because I’m finding that the more I eat the same thing every day, the better I feel and the better I look. This excessively complicated array of diet “choices” came along just at about the same time that the so-called obesity epidemic.


71 posted on 06/24/2011 2:55:39 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
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To: digger48
the ones living off the gubmint are far more likely to be fat and smoke than the rest of us.

Careful there... it sounds like you've just said that the 1.2 million active duty military servicemen, who live off a government paycheck, are far more likely to be fat and smoke than the rest of the civilian world.

72 posted on 06/24/2011 9:03:11 PM PDT by gogogodzilla (Live free or die!)
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To: FLAMING DEATH

Yeah, some pot advocate was on here a few years ago laughing at the smokers for not defending the rights of pot users because he said now they’re coming for you.


73 posted on 06/27/2011 1:01:07 PM PDT by ichabod1 (Nuts; A house divided against itself cannot stand.)
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