Thursday, March 13, 2008

Trans Fat Ban Marches Forward

Maryland, Boston moving forward with bans

By Marc Kilmer

Categories: Maryland, Massachusetts, Nanny State

Boston's health care commission voted to ban trans fats from city restaurants, stores, schools, and hospitals. In another bastion of "progressive" thinking to the south, Maryland legislators approved a study of whether or not the fats should be banned (a likely precursor to a future ban).

My wife and I were in Montgomery County in Maryland today and stopped at a Krispy Kreme for a doughnut. Montgomery County has already approved a ban on trans fats and the Krispy Kreme trumpeted the fact that its doughnuts had 0 grams of trans fats. Does anyone really think this makes their doughnuts healthy? I'm sure the doughnut I ate there is just as bad for me as a doughnut I eat in any county where trans fats have not been banned. But I guess as long as the legislators see it as their duty to play our nannies, this type of legislation will continue.