New York City Health Commissioner Thomas Farley speaks during a news conference as Mayor Michael Bloomberg listens, in New York, Thursday, Sept. 13, 2012. New York City cracked down on supersized sodas and other sugary drinks Thursday in what is celebrated as a groundbreaking attempt to curb obesity and condemned as a breathtaking intrusion into people's lives by a mayor bent on creating a “nanny state.” (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)