New York City is Healthier

From a general overview of the data, the number of people who quit smoking is impressive. It shows that in 2002, smokers were at 43%. Ten years later, in 2012, this number has dropped to 15%. Two years earlier in 2010 this number was at 17%.
These statistics help prove that the campaigns and measures taken on by N.Y.C. mayor, Michael Bloomberg, were successful. Aside from smoking, New Yorkers have begun in large numbers cutting their daily
consumption of their beloved junk food, in turn, shortening the number of health related deaths and heart attacks, the numbers for which went from 53% in 2007 to 44% in 2011.
This increase in health has also been responsible for the increase in the average life expectancy in the city, which went from 78 years old in 2001 up to 81 years old in 2012.
Finally, these has also been a decrease in the sales of carbonated sugary soft drinks.
Soda sales dropped from 36% in 2007 to 28% in 2012.  Mayor Michael Bloomberg has justified his actions this time, although his efforts and
measures have driven him into legal battles with the soda companies.