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I agree with you 100%, Regulations are typically never the answer. However sugar is so damn bad for not only the user, but the economy as well, that I'd be willing to limit the impressions sugar gets when every parent brings their kids through a check out.

If you're interested at how bad sugar is all in, check out Robert Lustigs "Hacking of the American Mind" on youtube.

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There are plenty of ways to limit the public's consumption of processed foods and sugar in particular. There are other means to achieve this goal than making every shop jump through hoops to comply with this legislation that doesn't (at least from what I can find in the article) have any empirical evidence that these areas of the store account for a significant portion of sales of these items and puts stores in a bind to fill that space with other goods. I mean what are they supposed to do, put flax seed and vegetables at the end of every aisle and checkout lane?

A nanny state is not the answer.

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