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Sin tax

In the News . . .

• Climate change: German MPs want higher meat tax -- BBCNews (08 August 2019)
  
  
• California wants to help fight climate change by charging diners more -- The Guardian (02 May 2019)
  
  
• Tax junk food high in sugar and salt, says top doctor -- BBCNews (21 December 2018)
  
  
• Sugar tax making half as much as money as the Government expected -- The Telegraph (20 November 2018)
  
  
• A bittersweet pill for a fat nation to swallow -- BBCcapital (19 November 2018)
  
  
• California passes statewide healthy kids’ meal bill -- BeverageDaily (23 August 2018)
  
  
• Sugar tax: Will paying more for fizzy drinks and alcohol make us healthier? -- BBCNews (01 May 2018)
  
  
• Big Soda vs. Public Health: 2017 Edition -- Center for Science in the Public Interest (05 September 2017)
  
  
• First US sugar tax sees soft drink sales fall by almost 10%, study shows -- TheGuardian (18 April 2017)
  
  
• Mexico's sugar tax leads to fall in consumption for second year running -- TheGuardian (22 February 2017)
  
  
• Spyware’s Odd Targets: Backers of Mexico’s Soda Tax -- The New York Times (11 February 2017)
  
  
• W.H.O. Urges Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight Obesity -- The New York Times (11 October 2016)
  
  
• Berkeley ‘soda tax’ linked to 21% drop in sugary beverage consumption -- FOODnavigator (24 August 2016)
  
  
• Smoothies and fruit bars are latest targets in war on sugar -- The Telegraph (03 July 2016)
  
  
• Philadelphia to bring in 'soda tax' to fight obesity -- BBCNews (16 June 2016)
  
  
• Making a Soda Tax More Politically Palatable -- The New York Times (03 April 2016)
  
  
• Sugar tax not ruled out by David Cameron -- BBCNews (07 January 2016)
  
  
• Maya Ancestry May Help Explain the High Risk of Diabetes in Mexico -- Science (05 June 2015)
  
  
• Hungary Tries a Dash of Taxes to Promote Healthier Eating Habits -- The New York Times (02 March 2013)
  
  
• Tax fizzy drinks and ban junk food ads, say doctors -- BBCNews (17 February 2013)
  
  
• Call for soft-drink sugar tax -- BBCNews (28 January 2013)
  
  
• Taxing junk food could improve diets, review finds -- Caroline Scott-Thomas, FOODNavigator (13 December 2012)

• Danish government considers abandoning fat, sugar tax -- Food Navigator (11 July 2012)
  
  
• Fat taxes 'could save thousands' -- BBCNews (11 July 2007)
  
  
• Fat tax should be part of policy measures on diets: Study -- By Jess Halliday, FOODNavigator (21 January 2011)
  
  
• FDA Defends industry agains fat tax for chocolate -- Sarah Hills, FOODNavigator (12 March 2009)
  
  
• GPs vote against 'chocolate tax' -- BBCNews (12 March 2009)
  
  
• Nestle, Marion. Soda Politics: Taking on Big Soda (and Winning). Oxford University Press, 2015.
  

• Should government use tax policy to improve eating habits? ... -- Eric Ringham, MPRNews (17 August 2011)
  
  
• Soda tax Could Threaten Irish economic recovery, body warns -- Ben Bouckley, Beveragedaily.com (29 September 2011)
  
  
• Tax food makers' caloric sweetener use to reduce consumption, study suggests -- FoodNavigator-USA (6 December 2001)