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That's simply not going to happen because there is no "second hand sugar" scenario. Even alcohol, which is incredibly destructive to third parties by any measu

That's simply not going to happen because there is no "second hand sugar" scenario. Even alcohol, which is incredibly destructive to third parties by any measure (domestic abuse, drunk driving, etc), hasn't successfully been publicly vilified to the same extent as smoking.

mantas 7y ago
Sugar addict in next plane seat in long haul flight is definitely "second hand sugar". Some people being addicted to sugar makes food makers add sugar where it's not needed or increase it's quantity a lot. So you have harder time limiting your sugar input.
- darkpuma 7y ago
  > "Sugar addict in next plane seat in long haul flight is definitely "second hand sugar". What? How? They can as much sugar as they like, none of it is getting into me. No airline has ever force-fed me sugar.
  - kart23 7y ago
    I think the commenter is referring to an obese passenger.
    - beatgammit 7y ago
      If they're large enough, they have to buy 2 seats anyway, so it shouldn't be a huge issue.
philwelch 7y ago
It was, back in the 1920's.
- wincy 7y ago
  And that worked out.
- zanny 7y ago
  It was a moral panic though, rather than a reflection on the legitimate bodily harm of consumption. The prohibitionists were not arguing to save alcoholics livers, they were arguing to ban perceived unchristian behavior.
  - philwelch 7y ago
    Domestic abuse was a large part of it; the temperance movement was largely and at times primarily comprised of women, and the temperance movement was closely linked to the women's suffrage movement.
will_brown 7y ago
Well there are children, not exactly “2nd hand sugar” but it’s a good faith arguement...alcohol and tobacco are age regulated whereas sugar isn’t. The incidences of both fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes in children is pretty alarming, and just saying that and focusing on the number of incidents is alarming rather than the fact a single child has either of those diseases, whereas the first medical cases of either only occurred in the 80’s. I don’t think the first case of childhood type 2 was even diagnosed in the UK until the 90’s. Now we have 1.25 million kids in the US with the disease whereas 100% of all cases could have been prevented through diet.

mantas 7y ago

Sugar addict in next plane seat in long haul flight is definitely "second hand sugar". Some people being addicted to sugar makes food makers add sugar where it's not needed or increase it's quantity a lot. So you have harder time limiting your sugar input.

darkpuma 7y ago
> "Sugar addict in next plane seat in long haul flight is definitely "second hand sugar". What? How? They can as much sugar as they like, none of it is getting into me. No airline has ever force-fed me sugar.
- kart23 7y ago
  I think the commenter is referring to an obese passenger.
  - beatgammit 7y ago
    If they're large enough, they have to buy 2 seats anyway, so it shouldn't be a huge issue.

philwelch 7y ago

It was, back in the 1920's.

wincy 7y ago
And that worked out.
zanny 7y ago
It was a moral panic though, rather than a reflection on the legitimate bodily harm of consumption. The prohibitionists were not arguing to save alcoholics livers, they were arguing to ban perceived unchristian behavior.
- philwelch 7y ago
  Domestic abuse was a large part of it; the temperance movement was largely and at times primarily comprised of women, and the temperance movement was closely linked to the women's suffrage movement.

will_brown 7y ago

Well there are children, not exactly “2nd hand sugar” but it’s a good faith arguement...alcohol and tobacco are age regulated whereas sugar isn’t. The incidences of both fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes in children is pretty alarming, and just saying that and focusing on the number of incidents is alarming rather than the fact a single child has either of those diseases, whereas the first medical cases of either only occurred in the 80’s. I don’t think the first case of childhood type 2 was even diagnosed in the UK until the 90’s. Now we have 1.25 million kids in the US with the disease whereas 100% of all cases could have been prevented through diet.