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Tax sugary beverages

Introduce a tax on sugary soft drinks (i.e. levy the tax on the final products)

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Tax sugary beverages
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How much sugar needs to be added before the drink is taxed?
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Pilot a 20%+ tax on all sugary, soft drinks for 1 year
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Tax all sugar-sweetened drinks
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Tax all sweetened drinks
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Tax rate would need to be at least 20% to be effective
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Personal resistance to change
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Current incentives are mis-aligned
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Consuming more sugar-sweetened beverages
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Excise duty on unhealthy raw ingredients
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Reformulate VAT on food, such that VAT is levied on unhealthy foods
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Health related food and drink taxes could improve health
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Taxes on food and drink would be ineffective
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Taxes on food and drink would be regressive
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Taxes on food and drink would damage the food and drink industry
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Taxes on food and drink would result in job losses
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Examples of taxation on unhealthy food and drinks
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