Soda taxes made sugary drink prices rise and sales fall in cities that tried them, study finds
Sales of sugary drinks plummeted by about one-third across five U.S. cities after they started taxing those products, a study published Friday found. Soda taxes adopted in each city pushed sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) prices up and led to a decline in sales that lasted as policymakers intended,…
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