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Peak industry bodies reject call for soft drink tax
05 Feb 2024 21:26 GMT
Launching its new position statement in Canberra, the Rethink Sugary Drink alliance – the Australian Medical Association (AMA), Cancer Council Australia, the Australian Dental Association, Food for Health Alliance, and Heart Foundation – urged the …
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New research questions soda tax effectiveness on obesity
09 Feb 2024 20:11 GMT
… of health experts have claimed soda taxes help reduce obesity, researchers … research on the impact of soda taxes in the U.S. … is no conclusive evidence soda taxes have reduced how much … consume.
The researchers claim soda taxes alone cannot move consumers to …
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Soda taxes can’t reverse the obesity epidemic
08 Feb 2024 22:28 GMT
… taxes (often simply called soda taxes) as key to reducing … in any meaningful way. Soda taxes alone simply cannot nudge consumers … and its associated health concerns. Soda taxes could, in theory, provide … that the revenue from soda taxes can be redirected into …
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PepsiCo halts Uzbekistan factory construction over soft drink tax concerns
21 Dec 2023 20:39 GMT
PepsiCo has decided to halt the construction of two factories in Uzbekistan, citing concerns over the proposed introduction of an excise tax on soft drinks. Muzaffar Salizhanov, the Director of Innovation at PepsiCo Bottler in Uzbekistan, shared this …
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Study: soda taxes cut sugar consumption
16 Jan 2024 17:16 GMT
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Soda taxes do in fact raise prices … researchers said their findings show soda taxes are an effective way to … studies on the impact of soda taxes examined one taxed city and …
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To get fresh vegetables to people who need them, one city puts its soda tax to work
15 Jan 2024 10:17 GMT
… own funding through a local soda tax, which has the added … for communities to use local soda tax revenue as Boulder has … the programs that pair a soda tax with incentives for healthy food … the grocery chain with the soda tax funds. Martinez walks out with …
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Soda taxes made sugary drink prices rise and sales fall in cities that tried them, study finds
07 Jan 2024 01:06 GMT
… study published Friday found.
Soda taxes adopted in each city … say their findings show soda taxes are an effective policy … what could happen if soda taxes were more widespread, lead … the authors wrote.
Additionally, soda taxes may prove cost-effective by …
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Soda tax leads to decrease in sales: study
08 Jan 2024 15:19 GMT
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Cities with soda taxes saw sales of sugary drinks fall as prices rose, study finds
06 Jan 2024 12:05 GMT
… looked at the impact of soda taxes, they usually studied one city … Academy of Pediatricians officially endorsed soda taxes as a good way to … to be able to pass soda taxes, and the movement basically stalled …
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Soda taxes help trim sales. The impact on health isn't as clear.
05 Jan 2024 17:32 GMT
Soda taxes that have added to the … shown conflicting results from increasing soda taxes.
This study took a broad … , all of which have added soda taxes since the mid 2010s. In …