Mayor Bloomberg successfully banned smoking in bars and restaurants and had trans-fats banned in fast food places in NYC

  Mayor Bloomberg successfully banned smoking in bars and restaurants and had trans-fats banned in fast food places in NYC. Current Mayor DeBlasio is exploring ways to limit the size of supersize sugary drinks sold in fast food sites. Do you think proposals like these can be effective strategies to promote public health? Compare/ contrast the implications of policy proposals such as these for individual responsibility/ freedom of choice versus (governmental) responsibility for public health outcomes? Provide an example of a local, or state policy that attempted to address a level of prevention in the last six (6) months-