Wednesday, July 31, 2002

A take on the "I wish it was a joke law suit versus fast food."
Reasonable people once thought lawsuits against tobacco companies would never succeed, but they did.

Given the tobacco precedent, predatory lawyers see the future in the anti-junk food arena. As one veteran tobacco insider told me: "They'll keep throwing spaghetti against the wall until something sticks. A crazy judge somewhere somehow will let something go further than it should … you try enough courts and jurisdictions, someone will let it out of the box. It only takes one and they know it."

Which is to say, watch for state excise taxes to expand, and keep an eye on the blossoming budgets of the Food and Drug Administration and the United States Department of Agriculture. And start weaning yourself from the exercise of choice. Like the greasy burgers you used to love, you'll crave freedom when it's gone

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