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Originally Posted by Azure

We are.

Obesity will kill approximately 400,000 people in the US this year. Smoking will kill 430,000.

The rate of people dying from smoking has fallen considerably, while the rate of obesity is shooting through the roof.

So, considering that obesity is going to be a much bigger problem than smoking in about 5 years, should the government start regulating how much we eat, and God forbid, WHAT we eat?

Also, according to the book written by the guy who produced 'Super-size Me'.....almost 80% of the kids who grow up in a home where unhealthy eating habits are normal....will become overweight, and obese. And more than 50% of those kids will have health problems by the time they are 25 years old.

In fact, there are more kids suffering from Type 2 diabetes as a direct result of poor eating habits, than there are kids suffering from the effects of second hand smoke.

So, which is more harmful?

Time for the fat tax.