Berkeley sees a big drop in soda consumption after penny-per-ounce 'soda tax'

Can Americans tax themselves out of their obesity crisis? A new analysis of Berkeley’s first-in-the-nation “soda tax” offers encouraging results about its power to change people’s dietary habits.

Five months after the city implemented its penny-per-ounce tax on all manner of sugar-sweetened beverages,...

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