whats to prevent any retailer from offering free refills on
the 16 oz. size? Or f’instance paying 1 buck for a 16oz.
drink, and your next drink is 1 cent?
The whole thing is so unenforceable and stupid I cannot
even believe it....
Maybe if the mayor would stop paying the health care costs
for diabetes and cardiac disease people might start “paying”
attention to their diets instead of “paying” inept
gov’mint workers to watch out for them. Win on gov’mint
interference, win on state/city budgets, win on bloated
government workforce, win on health...And you would have
more money to spend on gooooood foooood..How’s that
New Yorkers?
Free refills will be illegal, and these are a great goodwill item in a lot of places. The self-serve refill machines will have to go, making it more expensive for the businesses and more awkward for the tray-balancing customers.
There is a problem with Type 2 diabetes in the young. Wouldn’t it be better to tackle this problem through the schools, with an education campaign, instead of going after businesses? They could even “target” the overweight kids by giving them a letter or literature to take home, or send it to the home, without coercion or legislation.
It is not just large sugary drinks that make people fat. Give it the comprehensive treatment.