Feds looking to regulate food like it does with tobacco

[Forever_frost]

http://dailycaller.com/2011/06/22/feds-look-to-regulate-food-similar-to-tobacco-with-hopes-of-saving-money-on-health-care/

The federal government has a growing interest in the eating habits of Americans for the same reason it has an interest in tobacco consumption, said Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services.

The reason is money, because three-quarters of medical-spending is driven by chronic diseases, such as obesity and tobacco-related diseases, she said.

Sebelius’ comments came at the tail-end of Tuesday’s White House press conference where officials showcased nine new photos that must be carried on cigarette packs. Officials used a survey of 18,000 people to find the images that would have the most distressing impact on groups of smokers, including young smokers and mothers of young kids.

“We want teenagers to understand smoking is gross, not cool,” said the HHS chief. If the public becomes desensitized to the distressing pictures, they’ll be replaced by new pictures, she said.

The regulations are justified, she said, because tobacco causes 443,000 premature deaths, and creates “$200 billion a year in health costs that we clearly could spend better elsewhere,” she said.

[Sean88gt]

Don't mess with the food, just outlaw obese people.

[mustangguy289]

The regulations are justified, she said, because tobacco causes 443,000 premature deaths, and creates “$200 billion a year in health costs that we clearly could spend better elsewhere,” she said.

Just curious how much does all the regulation cost ?

[stevo]

As a fat guy, the day the government starts telling me what I can and cannot eat will be the day I start blowing up buildings and killing people.

Stevo

[Baba Ganoush]

Can you imagine the pictures of morbidly obease people on big mac cartons? Lol! This country is losing it.

So let's make cheeseburgers illegal. At least instead of dogs, we could use fat people in customs to sniff out the flood of Cartel produced whoppers, with minimal training needed!

[stevo]

Just wait until they start regulating jacking-off.

Stevo

[bcoop]

I'm on the fence on this. SOMETHING needs to be done, and I'm not necessarily talking about all the fat people. Yes, something needs to happen there. But this is still supposed to be a free country, right?

I'm speaking more of what is allowed by the FDA in manufacturing foods. You, I, and everyone else should be deathly afraid of engineered and genetically modified foods. But the FDA is more crooked than my cock, so we all know you can do whatever the fuck you want as long as you pay off the good ol FDA.

[FastFox]

Just wait until they start regulating jacking-off.

Stevo

No more "knuckle Babies ? Awwwww shit !