I wonder how effective this will be.
For the burger regulations, I guess it really depends on how clear the FDA makes restaurants make the labels. Your average joe (myself included) hardly knows what constitutes a good or bad calorie count. I mean, if a Big Mac's 540, I guess that's bad, but I only know that because I already know Big Macs are not healthy.
Most people for whom calorie counts matter are people who probably aren't going to be eating these things anyway.
That is, of course, unless the regulations force you to put the % daily value stuff up there.
As for tanning, there's a big issue everybody's overlooking — yes, this will conceivably discourage people from tanning bed use. But that doesn't mean white people won't want to look tan — the bill does nothing to discourage spray tan use.
So we'll have less cancer, but we'll have more people running around in that distinctive Jersey Shore, TV reporter orange glow.
And I dunno about you, but that seems like a huge risk factor for the general mental welfare.
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