I do not want the government deciding what foods are healthy to eat and what foods are unhealthy and should be taxed because the government has shown itself, over many decades, to be ignorant of what consitutes a healthy way of eating.

I do not want the medical profession, so ignorant of what constitutes good nutrition and what eating habits support ill health, to decide who is allowed to be obese and who should be taxed for it.

The science on the dangers of cigarettes was clear and unequivocal. Nutrtional science, as Dr Richard Feinman stated in his book “The World Turned Upsidedown” is an oxymoron. Taxing cigarettes made sense based on the science. Taxing food and the obese makes no sense since it would be based on eroneous data.