Statue of Sugary

This political cartoon is depicting the Statue of Liberty as a rather large woman, who is serious about her soda. Instead of the statue reading "Statue of Liberty", it reads "Statue of Sugary" instead. Ms. Sugary is crying out, "You can have my 16-oz drink when you pry it from my fat, dead hand!" This cartoon is discussing the recent ban of 16-oz sugary drinks in New York City. Every restaurant and eatery won't be able to sell bottles or cups of soda or any other sugary drink according to New York City's Board of Health beginning this month. The Board of Health said that they are doing this to help "combat the obesity epidemic." This cartoon is explaining how the Health Board may think that they are imposing a ban but the citizens of New York may have a way around it.