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Originally Posted by psicodude
The difference is that smoking also hurts other people than just the smoker. I can eat crap everyday for 50 years, and it will only hurt me.
I think the most the gov't can do is educate (as has been said several times in this thread) and make sure that food companies are fully disclosing how bad their product is.
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I think you missed what I just said.
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.
So no, eating crap, especially if you have a family with kids, does not only effect you.
Also, the guy who did 'Supersize Me' said that ever since the tobacco and cigarette companies starting putting the surgeon general warning in their products about the health risks associate with smoking.....the rate of smokers has fallen considerably.
So yes, I fully agree....educate instead of legislate.