Report First U.S. sugar tax cuts soft drink sales by 10%

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The nation’s first sugar tax (one cent per ounce) in Berkeley, California has led to a decline in soft drink consumption, a new study shows.

And it’s making a lot of health experts very, very happy.

With sugary drink consumption directly linked to an increased risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, heart disease and possibly heart failure, experts hoped that taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages would curb people from buying unhealthy sugary drinks.

One year after the introduction of the tax on sugary drinks, a study published just this week in PLoS Medicine shows that sales of these products in Berkeley fell by 9.6%, while sales in surrounding areas, where no tax was imposed, rose by 6.9%.

Furthermore, the sugar tax raised $1.4 million for child nutrition and community health programs.

 
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