Normally I hate when the Government sticks their noses into the private lives of their citizens, but this case has two exceptions:
1. This isn't banning food, this is banning a chemical. To me, its no different than banning DDT. Trans fats have been repeatedly proven to be harmful, so they are banned, with other products being used in their place with little to no difference to the consumer.
2. Public healthcare system = limitation to libertarian views. If my taxes/healthcare premiums are propping up the beleaguered system, I shouldn't have to prop up some fat slob whose poor eating/fitness habits are a significantly greater strain on the system. If they were paying for themselves, it would be different. But they aren't. This is, to me, the main reason why Canada should also follow France and become a smoke-free country. Smoking is a proven health strain and source of carcinogens, despite the non-empirical anecdote about old Uncle Harold who lived to be 100 years old and smoked a pack a day and drank like a fish BS.
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