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Re:Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research by leni536 on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @06:08AM (#12486746)
Hungary started exactly that in 2011 (although soda is only taxed a minuscule amount for some reason).
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Re:Sugar industry secretly paid for favorable Harvard research by dagw on Tuesday September 13, 2016 @07:06AM (#12486966)
soda is only taxed a minuscule amount for some reason

Getting a 1% tax approved and then raising it to 10% over a few years is much much easier than passing a 10% tax.

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