More sugar taxes
June 20, 2016
Another major sugar consuming
population, namely
Philadelphia, has voted for a tax on
sugary carbonated drinks, in spite
of a multi million-dollar campaign
by the beverage industry to block it,
according to a report from the BBC.
Like the proposed sugar tax in the
UK and urged but not implemented
here in Australia (PD 08 Apr 16),
the locally dubbed ‘soda tax’ is
the first to be implemented by
a major US city in an attempt to
improve the health of its 1.5 million
residents.
The plan which adds around 50
cents to the cost of a litre of soda,
will take effect Jan 2017 and is
expected to raise around US$90m,
to be spent on pre-nursery and
community schools, and recreation
centres.
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