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TIMENYC Big-Soda Crackdown Plan Goes to Vote ThursdayTIMEBy AP | September 12, 2012 | + (NEW YORK) — One of New York City's most ambitious efforts to prod residents to live healthier appears poised to pass as a health panel takes up a plan to cut down sales of big sodas and other sugary soft drinks.Freedom Soda: New York's Ban On Big Sodas Hits Us Where We're HumanWBURNYC health board bans big-sodamyfoxny.comall 628 news articles »

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