[quote]It is now illegal to sell unlimited soft drinks at a fixed price or offer them unlimited for free.
The number of overweight or obese people in France is below the EU average but is on the rise.
The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends taxing sugary drinks, linking them to obesity and diabetes.
Self-service "soda fountains" have long been a feature of family restaurants and cafes in some countries like the UK, where a soft drinks tax will be introduced next year.
The new law [in French] targets soft drinks, including sports drinks containing added sugar or sweeteners.
All public eateries, from fast-food joints to school canteens, are affected.
The aim of the law is to "limit, especially among the young, the risks of obesity, overweight and diabetes" in line with WHO recommendations.
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[url]http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-38767941[/url]
if you told me this was already a thing i would believe you. i dont think i ever saw the option for free refills in france to be honest
Nice. Anything to cut down on youth obesity.
if someone wants to hurt themselves with poor dietary choices, why stop them?
what's next, a limit on sizes of ice-cream containers? rationing Nutty Bar purchases?
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a ban on refilling your drink as you go out the door isn't going to replace proper parenting
Whenever I went to a restaurant or fast food place I never got a refill. Id never gotten free refills before I came to the states
if france can do it, USA can do it
Fuck you, France, you can't stop me from putting my mouth directly onto the spout bllllglglglbl
[QUOTE=Seth2492;51737413]Fuck you, France, you can't stop me from putting my mouth directly onto the spout bllllglglglbl[/QUOTE]
- Dumb Disgusting Immerican
[QUOTE=sYnced;51737412]if france can do it, USA can do it[/QUOTE]
Nah, politicians can get away with a lot of shit but if you try to ban free refills they'll be riots on the streets and assassination attempts.
I'm more inclined to let people make their own choices anyway
[QUOTE=bitches;51737407]if someone wants to hurt themselves with poor dietary choices, why stop them?
what's next, a limit on sizes of ice-cream containers? rationing Nutty Bar purchases?[/QUOTE]
Nothing stops them, they just have to pay for refills now.
Besides when everyone starts getting health problems due to obesity it kinda does become the government's problem since it can severely affect the country.
Treating a symptom rather than the cause. Educate people on healthy choices, get them signed up for the gym, etc.
Don't do like the US where they show "Supersize Me" in PE and call it a day
[QUOTE=Electrocuter;51737429]Nothing stops them, they just have to pay for refills now.
Besides when everyone starts getting health problems due to obesity it kinda does become the government's problem since it can severely affect the country.[/QUOTE]
That's still governmental overreach.
What's the cap/fine print? Wondering if you can simply offer "up to 100 refills", or "refills for a penny."
this is dumb
[QUOTE=sYnced;51737412]if france can do it, USA can do it[/QUOTE]
Kind of a clash of values.
i have literally never finished a drink at a fast food place and thought to myself that i could go for another drink. you people should drink more water.
how many people have become obese because they used the free refills too much. pathetic
THIS JUST IN, BREAKING NEWS: Trump has banned limited soda refils, no one knows how it will be enforced, but in trump's potus twitter he has claimed, "limited soda refils are banned, if my big hands are an example of my wide power, soda shall flow free"
Have nothing better to do France then ban pointless things?
People act like banning soda refills gonna stop people from becoming fat or something
[QUOTE=sYnced;51737412]if france can do it, USA can do it[/QUOTE]
You can try prying the large cup of coke out of my cold dead hands.
This will do nothing except make it so that some people enjoy their meal just a little bit less.
This isn't how you fix the problem, this is just a feel good law.
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do not falter
Nanny state.
Firstly, this is government overreach and they shouldn't be telling people what they can and can't do with regard to drinks.
Secondly, it will help to raise awareness of and to discourage self-inflicted obesity (which is a lot of the time, any mental health issues notwithstanding), and [b]that[/b] is a good thing.
There is a MASSIVE amount of sugar in carbonated canned drinks and some people knock it back like water. This is an overreach and a nanny state move. However, some people need a nanny to help them take care of themselves, so although I disagree with the idea of the state getting involved, it's not [i]entirely[/i] a bad thing... but only in so far as it has positive health effects for people by discouraging and penalizing self-inflicted mass liquid sugar ingestion. It's wrong because the state shouldn't be the one deciding. Maybe focus on education instead?
Until today I had no idea that unlimited soda refills actually existed, and were not some trick comedians pulled off to take shots at the americans
They sound AWESOME (The machines, this law can go to Hell)
[QUOTE=T553412;51737586]Until today I had no idea that unlimited soda refills actually existed, and were not some trick comedians pulled off to take shots at the americans
They sound AWESOME (The machines, this law can go to Hell)[/QUOTE]
We also have $1 any sized drinks at most McDonalds locations ❤❤❤
[QUOTE=sYnced;51737412]if france can do it, USA can do it[/QUOTE]
if France can trample the free will of its citizens (as it is so good at doing in the past as well), the United States will surely do the opposite
don't you find it a bit ironic that France has the like a third of its population addicted to smoking cigarettes and refuses to do anything about it other than limiting public consumption
I think this is pretty ridiculous. This is a scenario where people should be left to themselves. It's not like there's second hand diabetes floating around
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