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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by sarchertech on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:37PM (#34358317)
Tax it instead. Enough tax to reduce consumption and make healthier food more competitive. But not so much that a large black market takes off.
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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by yetihehe on Thursday January 12, 2023 @01:42PM (#34358395)
It doesn't work for addictive substancies (like sugar), people will just pay more. We have sugar tax in Poland already and it didn't change anything. We also have 105% tax on cigarettes, yet still a lot of people smoke.
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Re:Sugar and fat affect your brain by mattejade on Thursday January 12, 2023 @05:16PM (#34361025)
Again: the smoking and sugar consumption rate have both been declining in your country.[1][2]

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1038507/poland-share-of-... [2] https://www.statista.com/statistics/1197501/poland-monthly-c...

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