[HiroProtagonist]

Could one make a similar argument for banning sugar?

[gbear605]

One could, but it would be a much harder sell politically. The pro-smoking voting block is much smaller than the tasty-food voting block.

[zdragnar]

Of course. The government has bought and paid for your health. It is only by the gracious largess that we have been allowed sugar at all.

[orf]

Sure, except sugar in itself isn’t bad. It’s products with excessive quantities of sugar. Various laws restrict those, including the promotion to children:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/restricting-promo...