Tuesday, February 25, 2020

Short-lived 'soda' tax worked

A study of beverage sales in Cook County, Illinois, shows that for four months in 2017 -- when the county implemented a penny-per-ounce tax on both sugar-sweetened and artificially sweetened drinks -- purchases of the taxed beverages decreased by 21%, even after an adjustment for cross-border shopping.

from Top Health News -- ScienceDaily https://ift.tt/2TcRu2d

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