New york soda ban

• New Yorks smoking ban was in the vanguard nearly a decade ago, and similar bans have gone into effect in cities all over the planet. Well see if the soda ban catches on.
(The Business Insider)
• New York City plans to enact a far-reaching ban on Dr. Farley said the city had seen higher obesity rates in neighborhoods where soda consumption was more common.
(New York Times)
• NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks in an effort to combat obesity.
(USA Today)
• New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg For example, according to the administration, a diet soda, a milk shake or sweetened latte that is larger than 16 ounces would not be part of the ban.
(Wall Street Journal)
• The mayor of New York City recently announced a proposed ban on sugary drinks over the size of 16-fluid ounces, smaller than a regular bottle of soda, in restaurants, movie theaters and street cars.
(Examiner)
• A spokesman for the New York City Beverage Association, an arm of the soda industry's national trade group, saying the city is unfairly singling out sodas. The industry has purcased subway ads criticizing the ban.
(NewsMax.com)
• NEW YORK (AP) — New York City plans to ban the sale of large sodas and other sugary drinks The Bloomberg administration has tried other ways to make soda consumption less appealing.
(The Guardian)
• The New York City Beverage Association, however, is fuming at the thought of any possible ban.
(Staten Island Advance)
• NEW YORK -- The Big Apple is poised to ban the Big Gulp.
(MyFox Houston)