You can still leave your heart in San Francisco, but officials would prefer that you leave your sugary soft drinks outside the city limits. The city’s lawmakers approved a requirement that a label—similar to those for cigarettes—be placed on advertisements for sugary drinks. The warning, which would not be required on actual bottles or cans, would read: “Drinking beverages with added sugar(s) contributes to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.” A separate measure under consideration at the state level would extend such a warning to the drinks themselves. San Francisco also passed a ban on ads for sugary drinks on public property and on using city funds to purchase such beverages.
