Berkeley, CA, is currently the only major U.S. city charging a tax on sugary drinks. The Philadelphia tax is coming soon — if it survives a beverage industry legal challenge. In spite of the slow adoption of, and opposition to, these so-called “soda taxes,” the World Health Organization is recommending that more places could fight obesity and other ailments by making sugary drinks more expensive. [More]
Improving Health With Taxes?
World Health Organization Supports Taxes On Sugar Drinks To Curb Obesity
By 10.11.16 — Updated: 10.13.16
