An effort is underway with legislation, The Labeling and Education Act—LEAN Act—recently introduced in the U.S. Senate (S. 558) and House of Representatives (HR 1398), to require chain restaurants with more than 20 locations to provide Americans with detailed nutrition information, such as calories and grams of carbohydrate, fat, sodium and more.

Myfoodadvisor tm (www.diabetes.org/myfoodadvisor.html), just released by the American Diabetes Association (ADA), offers people with diabetes, and those looking to eat healthier, a comprehensive and easy-to-navigate nutrient database with a bundle of tools. At its core, it's a nutrient database for 5,000 commonly eaten basic ingredients, fresh and frozen foods, packaged foods and restaurant foods from a few large chains.

No doubt both first- and second-hand smoke from tobacco is a health hazard. Also, no doubt that exposure, in a smoke filled environment, to second-hand smoke cannot be selectively avoided, unless you avoid the setting. Not the case when it comes to food.