date:Sep 17, 2012
nk, has ever taken to curb obesity, Mr. Bloomberg said shortly after the vote. Its certainly not the last step that lots of cities are going to take, and we believe that it will help save lives.
The measure, which bars the sale of many sweetened drinks in containers larger than 16 ounces, is to take effect on March 12, unless it is blocked by a judge. The vote by the Board of Health was the only regulatory approval needed to make the ban binding in the city, but the American soft-drink industr