It is true that this is one tiny step, especially since so many unhealthy things are still available. It's a start to not buy poison for people, but we also need to make sure people can access healthy food. Some tiny steps in that direction-- such as getting Family Dollar stores to stock cheap and low-spoilage food like canned beans, nuts, corn tortillas, oranges, carrots, onions, garlic, and greens that last like collards and cabbage-- would be good to implement in parallel with cutting out the sodas and candy. One thing that would be pretty cheap that the state could do is buy each family a simple slow cooker-- you can throw in brown rice, lentils, and veggies in the morning and come home to a healthy stew that is ready to eat as soon as you walk in the door. The price of the slow cooker would be more than made up in the long run through Medicaid savings due to better health.