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Here’s a recent post on the Community Health Priorities Facebook page. Feel free to comment here or on Facebook:
Soda Tax: Treating the Cause or the Symptom?
You may have seen Friday’s Oregonian story on the ongoing debate in Congress around a penny tax on sodas and fruit drinks. There’s been similar debate happening at the state level for years, and the beverage industry is of course working to put forth its case against such measures (state or federal).
Curious to know what others thing about this idea. Is a so-called “sin tax” a smart way to reduce obesity and help fund public health programs and services? There’s a number of interesting arguments in play. Are we treating the cause or the symptom here?
