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Why Some Donald Trump Supporters Are Taking Aim At Pepsi
At a conference last Thursday, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi sat down with the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin and spoke about topics ranging from soda taxes to what she learned from Steve Jobs before he died.
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Soda Tax Could Save Thousands of Lives and $1 Billion in Mexico
Mexicos soda tax is on course to prevent diabetes, heart attacks and strokes in more than 200,000 adults and to save nearly $1 billion in healthcare costs over a decade, a new study suggests.
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San Francisco Passes Soda Tax, Other Cities On Track To Approve
Voters in San Francisco, California passed a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on Tuesday, unofficial results showed, as the push by local governments to target soda to stem obesity and diabetes gathered speed.
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Fact Box: Soda, Sugar Taxes Across the United States
Voters in four U.S. cities will decide on Tuesday whether they would like to tax sugary drinks, the latest in a series of such measures as officials and nutritionists seeks ways to address obesity, diabetes and other health epidemics.
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Soda Taxes May Spread if Voters Check Ballots in California, Colorado
As Americans vote for a new president on Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of voters in California's Bay Area and Boulder, Colorado, will also decide whether they want levies on sugary drinks, another step toward making soda taxes a norm.
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Coke and Pepsi Fund Public Health Groups to Silence Them: Researchers
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo made donations to nearly 100 influential U.S. public health organizations from 2011 to 2015 in an effort to silence groups that might otherwise push for laws regulating soda, researchers contend.
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WHO Urges Countries to Raise Taxes on Sugary Drinks
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-percent fruit juices as a way to fight obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.
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Philadelphia Hits Soft-Drink Industry With Historic Tax
Philadelphia on Thursday became the first major U.S. city to pass a tax on soft drinks
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How Britain's Soda Tax Plan Could Spur New Low-Sugar Drinks
A new soda tax in Britain, expected to become law, is different.
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In Sweet-Toothed Britain, Sugary Soda Levy May Have Limited Impact
With its surprise move to tax sugary drinks, Britain joins several Western countries battling a key suspect in rising rates of obesity and diabetes, but...
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Coca-Cola India Says May Have to Shut Factories If New Sin Tax Passed
The beverage maker, which operates 57 factories and bottling plants across India, said a proposal to group sugary sodas with higher-taxed luxury cars and tobacco would hurt demand for its drinks.
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Can Putting a Tax on Soft Drinks Curb Obesity?
A 'soda tax' is a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages like soda and energy drinks. Sugary fizzy drinks have come up as of one of the major perpetrators of childhood obesity. A new study suggests that the most effective way to curb the consumption of these...
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Why Some Donald Trump Supporters Are Taking Aim At Pepsi
At a conference last Thursday, PepsiCo CEO Indra Nooyi sat down with the New York Times' Andrew Ross Sorkin and spoke about topics ranging from soda taxes to what she learned from Steve Jobs before he died.
-
Soda Tax Could Save Thousands of Lives and $1 Billion in Mexico
Mexicos soda tax is on course to prevent diabetes, heart attacks and strokes in more than 200,000 adults and to save nearly $1 billion in healthcare costs over a decade, a new study suggests.
-
San Francisco Passes Soda Tax, Other Cities On Track To Approve
Voters in San Francisco, California passed a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages on Tuesday, unofficial results showed, as the push by local governments to target soda to stem obesity and diabetes gathered speed.
-
Fact Box: Soda, Sugar Taxes Across the United States
Voters in four U.S. cities will decide on Tuesday whether they would like to tax sugary drinks, the latest in a series of such measures as officials and nutritionists seeks ways to address obesity, diabetes and other health epidemics.
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Soda Taxes May Spread if Voters Check Ballots in California, Colorado
As Americans vote for a new president on Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of voters in California's Bay Area and Boulder, Colorado, will also decide whether they want levies on sugary drinks, another step toward making soda taxes a norm.
-
Coke and Pepsi Fund Public Health Groups to Silence Them: Researchers
Coca-Cola and PepsiCo made donations to nearly 100 influential U.S. public health organizations from 2011 to 2015 in an effort to silence groups that might otherwise push for laws regulating soda, researchers contend.
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WHO Urges Countries to Raise Taxes on Sugary Drinks
The U.N. health agency on Tuesday recommended that countries use tax policy to increase the price of sugary drinks like sodas, sport drinks and even 100-percent fruit juices as a way to fight obesity, diabetes and tooth decay.
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Philadelphia Hits Soft-Drink Industry With Historic Tax
Philadelphia on Thursday became the first major U.S. city to pass a tax on soft drinks
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How Britain's Soda Tax Plan Could Spur New Low-Sugar Drinks
A new soda tax in Britain, expected to become law, is different.
-
In Sweet-Toothed Britain, Sugary Soda Levy May Have Limited Impact
With its surprise move to tax sugary drinks, Britain joins several Western countries battling a key suspect in rising rates of obesity and diabetes, but...
-
Coca-Cola India Says May Have to Shut Factories If New Sin Tax Passed
The beverage maker, which operates 57 factories and bottling plants across India, said a proposal to group sugary sodas with higher-taxed luxury cars and tobacco would hurt demand for its drinks.
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Can Putting a Tax on Soft Drinks Curb Obesity?
A 'soda tax' is a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages like soda and energy drinks. Sugary fizzy drinks have come up as of one of the major perpetrators of childhood obesity. A new study suggests that the most effective way to curb the consumption of these...
