We could also clamp down on addictive shit like Doritos and Oreos like we did with tobacco. Unbelievable that people will need to take a drug to escape the treachery of junk food companies everywhere you turn.
To achieve similar controls over sugar (and specifically fructose) as those put in place by eg the Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act[0] (which mandated Surgeon General's warnings on cigarette packaging), the Public Health Cigarette Smoking Act of 1970[1], and the Family Smoking Prevention and Tobacco Control Act of 2009[2], we might need to first see lawsuits similar to those against tobacco companies. Litigation played a major role in shifting public opinion and policy, eg the 1998 Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement[3].
Increasing and sustaining corn syrup consumption has been a key republican party strategy to win over rural farmers and agribusiness since the 70s. I just don't see them changing.
0. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cigarette_Labeling_and_Adverti...
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public_Health_Cigarette_Smokin...
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Smoking_Prevention_and_...
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tobacco_Master_Settlement_Agre...