*puts on NASCAR rated fire-suit*

When states started putting bigger and bigger taxes on cigarettes, and banned smoking in a lot of places, it did discourage people from starting to smoke, and got some to quit. A lot of people say "if it doesn't affect me why should I bother with it? Well, IMO it does affect you and me, in higher insurance premiums. This is the price for living in a society. Has Hizzoner gone a bit far with soda? Maybe...one could argue, what's next. I think a "junk food" tax may be a possible solution, but then who defines "junk food"? I think a lot of health problems could be solved if the US would collectively go on a diet, the billion lb challenge, maybe?