Cigarettes, Trans Fats, Big Sodas: How NYC Vanquished (Some) Powerful Enemies

The Leonard Lopate Show | Oct 14, 2015

Thomas Frieden, former commissioner of the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, prohibited smoking in bars, outlawed trans fats in restaurants, and attempted to cap the size of sodas. Tom Farley, Frieden’s successor, gives us the behind-the-scenes story of these public health initiatives. His latest book is Saving Gotham: A Billionaire Mayor, Activist Doctors, and the Fight for Eight Million Lives.

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