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Non-Tulsa Discussions => Chat and Advice => Topic started by: aoxamaxoa on July 18, 2006, 09:47:28 AM

Title: WOW! CHITOWN EATERIES!!!
Post by: aoxamaxoa on July 18, 2006, 09:47:28 AM
This would kill Tulsa......

Chicago Weighs New Prohibition: Bad-for-You Fats By MONICA DAVEY
Published: July 18, 2006
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/07/18/us/18chicago.html?_r=1&th&emc=th&oref=slogin
"...But Mr. Burke, pointing to increases in obesity, diabetes and heart disease, is unapologetic. He does not profess that better oils would suddenly make Chicago skinny but says that they would at least begin to alleviate some of the related coronary concerns.

"If it were just about adults, I would say, 'O.K., we should butt out,' " Mr. Burke said in an interview. "But youngsters are assuming diets that are unhealthy."

And if the City Council had agreed to simply steer clear of peoples' bad habits, said Mr. Burke, an influential alderman who long pushed to ban smoking in indoor public spaces, Chicago might never have passed the smoking ban that went into effect this year (it gives taverns and restaurants with bars until 2008 to comply). "We may be the last civilized city in the world to ban it," he said. ...."