pWhat's the best way to break society's bad habits, like smoking and unhealthy eating?

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Nothing will help much

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Better education in schools

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@Jul '12 c 104 comments V 246 votes

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Thegrif

v Something else

It's not anyone's business if someone smokes or eats unhealthy. As long as smoking is not in a place where others have to deal with it, there's no problem. Eating is only the business of the eater. My God, now America wants to be treated lime a child, eat your veggies. No cake before supper, drink your milk like a good boy. Hell, that was my moms job, now it's mine. Stop being children, run your own life.

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DesignerLM voted

v Better advice from doctors
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Bill2E

v Nothing will help much

Personal choices should not be regulated by the government, personal freedom is what we are supposed to be about. If you get a terminal illness then allow them to die as a result of their bad choices.

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May 18
LossforWRDS707 voted

v Better advice from doctors
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May 18
DrSilicon voted

v Something else
May 17
DanielZ voted

v Better education in schools
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May 17

Gatnos

v Something else

Since when is it government's business to tell us how to live our lives. If I want a cigar or a large soda, it is none of Uncle Sam's business.

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May 17

PattyFromTexas

v Something else

Remove the protections that companies like Monsanto enjoy that exempt them from requirements to list their ingredients. The meat industry feeds livestock massive amounts of growth hormones so they grow faster and bigger. This information should be on the labels.

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May 17
IMAQT endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

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May 16
Robbo03712 endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

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May 15
LilliB voted

v Nothing will help much
May 15
LGRepublican endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v Something else
May 14
AlexNWA endorsed Wilberhum

v Better education in schools
May 13

AndrewMC

v Something else

Deny public health care to people who refuse do take care of themselves.

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May 13
Fyi1957 endorsed classychazy

v Nothing will help much
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May 12
URBS voted

v Nothing will help much
May 12

RoyFloyd

v Something else

Perhaps a combination of some of the things mentioned, publicity, awareness and such. What WON'T work are the methods government currently uses to break some of society's other bad habits like meth, cocaine, and marijuana in most states: interdiction, enforcement, and incarceration.

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May 12
NormalFlora endorsed Wilberhum

v Better education in schools
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May 12
DanielMincin voted

v Nothing will help much
May 11
harold_lloyd voted

v Better education in schools
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May 10
Big_jeff endorsed Neo_NtheMatrix

v Something else
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May 9
Bjwalker1371 endorsed NEjade

v Nothing will help much
May 9

Waynestew

v Something else

Just educate the public at large. Once they have the incormagion they are responsible let them decide.

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May 9
kirbstomp1 endorsed Wilberhum

v Better education in schools
May 9

Nautilus

v Something else

Put Bloomburg in charge of it

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May 8

skeptic

v Something else

Fuckin unbelievable, how about society respects individual rights to kill yourself slowly? What are we all going to have to don matching tracksuits, and stand in federal cafeteria lines in the future in order to live in a society? Sounds like a socialist's wet dream. I can eat a goddamn cheese burger and smoke three cigs at once if i feel like.

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May 8
JVJx voted

v Nothing will help much
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May 8
gherlone endorsed Toby

v Something else
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May 7
kimmie99 voted

v Better education in schools
May 7
cat2009 voted

v Nothing will help much
May 7

Prime_Meridian

v Something else

LOTS OF LOVE AND SEX to replace the oral fixations behind cigarettes and food on the lips, lol. Laugh, but it's true, lol!

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May 7
vws endorsed Toby

v Something else
May 7
ZombieMedic endorsed Politic-n

v Nothing will help much
May 6

Politic-n

v Nothing will help much

Slippery slope. Who defines what are bad habits?

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May 6
fraps voted

v Nothing will help much
May 5

mwr

v Something else

the government should get out of my personal life!

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May 5
Laity1 endorsed FRitzKlenner5

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May 5

Calfkiller

v Something else

Cut the cord! The gov't is as addicted to the tax dollars from Tobacco as the people who use it. Me included. Pot is illegal and has nearly no negative long term effects, no addiction, no cancer(that has been proven to be caused by pot), treats hundreds of symptoms of hundreds of diseases, easy to grow. That is the kicker. Any hillbilly that can grow tomatoes can grow pot as good as anything available. Not so with Tobacco and Alcohol, which allows the gov't to act as a drug dealer making profits off of other people's demise. Unhealthy eating? Again, the gov't should stop allowing favors for companies that use carcinogenic preservatives and additives to our food...

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May 5
politicteen voted

v Nothing will help much
May 4

Philof

v Something else

simply make people pay for the results of their own bad habits. Make the results of smoking, drug use, being overweight an extra cost on all health insurance, or excluded it and make treatment for such things billable onl;y to the person. Its rediculous thst congress forced Health Insurance providers liable for these bad habits, and then blame the Insurance companies for the costs!! it batty, but that congress for you, more about getting votes then doing the right thing!

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May 4
Michael_Taylor endorsed Toby

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May 4

N0rthman

v Something else

The best way to break society's bad habits is to take their freedoms away and force people to do the right thing with threats of death or fines from government. New York City is on that path way.

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May 4

AlexMIA

v Something else

Nothing you Aholes! Who the hell said you were supposed to?

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May 4
LonePalm endorsed blacklist88

v Nothing will help much
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May 3
earl endorsed blacklist88

v Nothing will help much
May 3

scotta

v Nothing will help much

Keep the government out. Let the ass clowns steal our money and leave people to hell alone. If a person wants to live in healthy it is their business, "NOT BIG KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF OUR BUSINESS BROTHER!!!".

B1

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May 3

NoAmnestyEVER

v Something else

People have a right to do whatever they want to do, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else. No matter how disgusting their behavior may be liberal nannies have no right to regulate their lives.

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May 3

Food4thoughts

v More regulations

Nothing will unless you get rid of it completely... In short nothing will :-/

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May 2

Penn1699

v Something else

When they eat or smoke themselves into I'll-health the healthcare costs are theirs. Or let them reap the benefits of their choices, death by their own doing.

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May 2
shihtzuman voted

v Government health campaigns

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Thegrif

v Something else

It's not anyone's business if someone smokes or eats unhealthy. As long as smoking is not in a place where others have to deal with it, there's no problem. Eating is only the business of the eater. My God, now America wants to be treated lime a child, eat your veggies. No cake before supper, drink your milk like a good boy. Hell, that was my moms job, now it's mine. Stop being children, run your own life.

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Bill2E

v Nothing will help much

Personal choices should not be regulated by the government, personal freedom is what we are supposed to be about. If you get a terminal illness then allow them to die as a result of their bad choices.

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May 17

Gatnos

v Something else

Since when is it government's business to tell us how to live our lives. If I want a cigar or a large soda, it is none of Uncle Sam's business.

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May 17

PattyFromTexas

v Something else

Remove the protections that companies like Monsanto enjoy that exempt them from requirements to list their ingredients. The meat industry feeds livestock massive amounts of growth hormones so they grow faster and bigger. This information should be on the labels.

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May 13

AndrewMC

v Something else

Deny public health care to people who refuse do take care of themselves.

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May 12

RoyFloyd

v Something else

Perhaps a combination of some of the things mentioned, publicity, awareness and such. What WON'T work are the methods government currently uses to break some of society's other bad habits like meth, cocaine, and marijuana in most states: interdiction, enforcement, and incarceration.

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May 9

Waynestew

v Something else

Just educate the public at large. Once they have the incormagion they are responsible let them decide.

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May 9

Nautilus

v Something else

Put Bloomburg in charge of it

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May 8

skeptic

v Something else

Fuckin unbelievable, how about society respects individual rights to kill yourself slowly? What are we all going to have to don matching tracksuits, and stand in federal cafeteria lines in the future in order to live in a society? Sounds like a socialist's wet dream. I can eat a goddamn cheese burger and smoke three cigs at once if i feel like.

B1

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May 7

Prime_Meridian

v Something else

LOTS OF LOVE AND SEX to replace the oral fixations behind cigarettes and food on the lips, lol. Laugh, but it's true, lol!

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May 6

Politic-n

v Nothing will help much

Slippery slope. Who defines what are bad habits?

B1

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May 9

Waynestew

Me. And I say conservatism is a bad habit. Everyone stay away. ;)

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May 5

mwr

v Something else

the government should get out of my personal life!

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May 5

Calfkiller

v Something else

Cut the cord! The gov't is as addicted to the tax dollars from Tobacco as the people who use it. Me included. Pot is illegal and has nearly no negative long term effects, no addiction, no cancer(that has been proven to be caused by pot), treats hundreds of symptoms of hundreds of diseases, easy to grow. That is the kicker. Any hillbilly that can grow tomatoes can grow pot as good as anything available. Not so with Tobacco and Alcohol, which allows the gov't to act as a drug dealer making profits off of other people's demise. Unhealthy eating? Again, the gov't should stop allowing favors for companies that use carcinogenic preservatives and additives to our food...

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May 4

Philof

v Something else

simply make people pay for the results of their own bad habits. Make the results of smoking, drug use, being overweight an extra cost on all health insurance, or excluded it and make treatment for such things billable onl;y to the person. Its rediculous thst congress forced Health Insurance providers liable for these bad habits, and then blame the Insurance companies for the costs!! it batty, but that congress for you, more about getting votes then doing the right thing!

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May 4

N0rthman

v Something else

The best way to break society's bad habits is to take their freedoms away and force people to do the right thing with threats of death or fines from government. New York City is on that path way.

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May 4

AlexMIA

v Something else

Nothing you Aholes! Who the hell said you were supposed to?

r1 reply

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May 4

AlexMIA

Here's a better question! What's the best way to get the economy strong again and reign in government spending and debt? And bring business and manufacturing back over here?

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May 3

scotta

v Nothing will help much

Keep the government out. Let the ass clowns steal our money and leave people to hell alone. If a person wants to live in healthy it is their business, "NOT BIG KEEP YOUR NOSE OUT OF OUR BUSINESS BROTHER!!!".

B1

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May 3

NoAmnestyEVER

v Something else

People have a right to do whatever they want to do, as long as it doesn't hurt anybody else. No matter how disgusting their behavior may be liberal nannies have no right to regulate their lives.

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May 3

Food4thoughts

v More regulations

Nothing will unless you get rid of it completely... In short nothing will :-/

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May 2

Penn1699

v Something else

When they eat or smoke themselves into I'll-health the healthcare costs are theirs. Or let them reap the benefits of their choices, death by their own doing.

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blacklist88

v Nothing will help much

I've had enough of this nanny state garbage.

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Jul '12

Neo_NtheMatrix

v Something else

Every question this site asks is always saturated in liberalism. Why is that? Okay, here's the answer. Let the free market work. People can decide for themselves what is or isn't in their best interest. People don't want a nanny government sitting up on high that acts as if it knows better what's good for you than you know. Let people be rewarded for their good decisions and suffer for their bad ones and I guarantee you people will figure out what works and what doesn't. Government is the worst solution and society should try to tinker with the habits of others!

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Jul '12

Toby

v Something else

Who says society needs to be "broken" from any LEGAL activity?

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Jul '12

Wilberhum

v Better education in schools

Early education is the only hope.

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Jul '12

CanadianIndy

v Better education in schools

My grandmother once told me that the only time in someone's life that you can easily and profoundly change their views, is when they're a child. By the time we reach our teens, 20s, middle-ages, etc, we are too set in our ways to even want to change. Besides, people don't change. Period. So to fix a broken mentality, you need to start them off with the right one. Same principle that NHL teams operate on. If you team sucks, there isn't much you can do about it EXCEPT start building a young, fresh, talented lineup in the background.

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Jul '12

FollowTheMoney

v Something else

My " bad habits" are no ones business, but mine. So, to answer the question. Nothing should be done.

B2

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Jul '12

autiger

v Something else

Who decides the "bad habits?" One minute they are bad (coffee, salt, saturated fats ect) then the next thing they find out its good for you.. We are ALL going to die sooner or later so why don't we let the people decide.. All studies have shown the the # 1 determination on how long we are going to live is in your DNA/genes.. WHAT YOU WERE BORN WITH !!' What?? The govt going regulate that? It's terrible when we allow other people to force us to live the way they want.. AND IT'S ALWAYS A LIBERAL

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Jul '12

xyz

v Nothing will help much

One mans meat is another mans poison. When society starts dictating what you can eat or do then it's only a matter of time before something you hold dear is banned. You don't like being around my cigarette smoke and I don't like being around your children. So we both stay home.

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Jul '12

FRitzKlenner5

v Something else

The best way to make society break from these habits is to cut foreign aid, audit the Federal Reserve, enforce existing immigration laws, and entitlement-reform.

B1

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Jul '12

NEjade

v Nothing will help much

People are going to do what they want with their own bodies. There's enough education out there about the dangers of smoking, drinking, over eating, safe sex, etc. You can lead a horse to water...

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