Should sugar be controlled like tobacco and alcohol

devil_in_a_blue_dress

Tobacco taxes in Canada

British Columbai which will receive $44.60 per carton in taxes with the new increase, to eventually tax cigarettes as heavily as leaders Northwest Territories and Manitoba, which both receive more than $56 per carton. Quebec and Ontario, the provinces that tax cigarettes the least, both raise less than $30 per carton in taxes. In Ontario, a pack can cost as little as $6.50.

“I appreciate that it is hard for smokers to quit,” Seely said. “But there is now a year-old B.C. smoking cessation program that provides smokers with the 1-888-QUIT line, (through) which they can receive counselling and subsidized nicotine replacement therapies.

ami5000psu

In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women!

StephLourenco

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devil_in_a_blue_dress

I think legitimate questions shouldn’t be made fun of. Aren’t we all here for support??

No question is a dumb question.

Less judgment, more support people.

:frown:

Sorry where was question in this post? It was a statement that sugar should be me controlled by the government and an article to attempt to support that.

StephLourenco

Some people were being mean.

Thomasm198

I think legitimate questions shouldn’t be made fun of. Aren’t we all here for support??

No question is a dumb question.

Less judgment, more support people.


:frown:

You're obviously new and not familiar with Minnie's crusade against sugar.

professorRAT

The problem is over population, which is leading to an exponentially larger number of stupid people in the world who use zero common sense and don't take any accountability for what they do/consume. The obesity pandemic is just evolution at work. Somehow I managed to get un-obese with sugar being a readily available and uncontrolled substance.

I put down the 32 oz big gulps and started getting my nutrition and fitness on...it was pretty easy and mostly a lot of common sense changes that did it for me.

Survival of the fittest, the clean eaters will survive and the obese will fall away.

what a shock, you don't understand evolution either.

eta: "survival of the fittest" is something that is greatly misunderstood. It means that the fittest of en entire population, not just the ones at the peak. A better way to say it is "survival of the minimally fit". I mean, look around you. Clearly not only the strongest/smartest are REPRODUCING. You just have to be able TO REPRODUCE

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Achrya

Yes. It should be carefully controlled and distributed.

I volunteer for that position. All the sugar should be under my control!

devil_in_a_blue_dress

Some people were being mean.

:huh:

ThickMcRunFast

I think legitimate questions shouldn’t be made fun of. Aren’t we all here for support??

No question is a dumb question.

Less judgment, more support people.


:frown:

You're obviously new and not familiar with Minnie's crusade against sugar.

or her crusades against logic and basic science.

And no, I do not have to support bullsh*t.

socajam

I think stupidity should be a controlled substance. Like if you have an IQ below X it's gently less conveinent to leave your home and communicate with the outside world.

That is so true

Contrarian

*speechless*

AllonsYtotheTardis

Tobacco taxes in Canada

British Columbai which will receive $44.60 per carton in taxes with the new increase, to eventually tax cigarettes as heavily as leaders Northwest Territories and Manitoba, which both receive more than $56 per carton. Quebec and Ontario, the provinces that tax cigarettes the least, both raise less than $30 per carton in taxes. In Ontario, a pack can cost as little as $6.50.

“I appreciate that it is hard for smokers to quit,” Seely said. “But there is now a year-old B.C. smoking cessation program that provides smokers with the 1-888-QUIT line, (through) which they can receive counselling and subsidized nicotine replacement therapies.

do you post anything that isn't a cut and paste from another site?

devil_in_a_blue_dress

I think legitimate questions shouldn’t be made fun of. Aren’t we all here for support??

No question is a dumb question.

Less judgment, more support people.


:frown:

You're obviously new and not familiar with Minnie's crusade against sugar.

or her crusades against logic and basic science.

And no, I do not have to support bullsh*t.

Totally accurate, BUT NOT VERY NICE!

towens00

I think legitimate questions shouldn’t be made fun of. Aren’t we all here for support??

No question is a dumb question.

Less judgment, more support people.


:frown:

You're obviously new and not familiar with Minnie's crusade against sugar.

or her crusades against logic and basic science.

And no, I do not have to support bullsh*t.

Yep, she spouts all kinds of crazy crap that people, (especially new to diet, exercise, getting healthy, etc) should never be exposed to!

navyrigger46

No, just no, and while we're at it, the government shouldn't be in the business of controlling peoples choices. So long as your choices don't adversely, and directly affect another individual, the government should have NO say in what you do. If you want to freebase opium, I say go nuts.

Rigger

The thing is, you don't live on some tiny little island by yourself. If you eat too much sugar, and end up immobile, odds are you;'re gonna go on medicare or Medicaid. The rest of us pay for that. If you smoke opium, fall asleep driving, and crash into a schoolbus, the rest of us could lose our kids.
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I agree the original article is absurd, and regulating sugar isn't the answer. But I think the libertarian "my body my business" argument needs to acknowledge that there is a point where your choices affect the rest of us.

I suppose then the only sure fire answer is to lock everyone in a cage by themselves. Why should others be responsible for my healthcare? I'm also pretty sure that accidents still happen even when people are not intoxicated. I have been in half a dozen or so accidents, none of them my fault, and in none was someone under the influence of anything, so that argument is moot. The point where my choices affect someone else is very narrow (if I kill or injure someone, if I steal someone's property, or if I damage their property) that's it, outside of that, government should literally do nothing with regard to my life.

Rigger

thesupremeforce

In America, first you get the sugar, then you get the power, then you get the women!

Why'd you have to go and post my foolproof plan?

SpeSHul_SnoflEHk

The problem is over population, which is leading to an exponentially larger number of stupid people in the world who use zero common sense and don't take any accountability for what they do/consume. The obesity pandemic is just evolution at work. Somehow I managed to get un-obese with sugar being a readily available and uncontrolled substance.

I put down the 32 oz big gulps and started getting my nutrition and fitness on...it was pretty easy and mostly a lot of common sense changes that did it for me.

Survival of the fittest, the clean eaters will survive and the obese will fall away.

so let me see... either you eat "clean" or you are obese. there is no middle ground?

It's true! Look at me. I never eat clean, and I am obese. My BMI told me so.

SpeSHul_SnoflEHk

I'm rarely for more government intervention in people's lives, but I would say that controlling the number of calories a person is allowed to consume a day will be far more effective.

ooo..I know...we can put a chip in everyone's head and if you eat more than your alloted calories, it blows up. Anything short of that is meaningless.

how about the government just rations food. let's let some nameless, faceless bureaucrat decide how many calories each specific family is allowed. hopefully, if you don't piss anyone off and aren't labeled an enemy of the state, they'll give you just enough to survive. and those hours spent waiting in lines for the food will help you conserve your energy. i mean, this worked so well in the USSR, i'm sure it could work here...

Shhh. Nobody remembers the Soviets anymore.

SpeSHul_SnoflEHk

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