The Boston City Council plans to discuss the possibility of imposing a new local tax on sodas and other sugary drinks. Councilor Sharon Durkan introduced a measure Wednesday that seeks to ...
A new study puts an estimate on the global number of cases of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease caused by the sugary ...
New study shows sugar-sweetened drinks cause millions of diabetes and heart disease cases annually, in developing nations hit ...
Boston City Council will soon debate the feasibility of imposing new taxes on sugary drinks. This would includes many sodas, fruit drinks, sports drinks, energy drinks, and sweetened ...
A tax of 2 cents per ounce of sugar drinks could raise $20-30 million annually for the city while dissuading people from ...
Nirwala Dwi Heryanto, spokesperson for the Directorate General of Customs and Excise, said on Monday that the government aims to collect 3.08 trillion IDR (US$190.3 million) in excise tax revenue ...
BOSTON - It could cost you more to get a soda soon. The Boston City Council is proposing a tax on sugary drinks, saying the money on unhealthy beverages can be put to good use. City Councilor ...
AS a nation, we guzzle 15BILLION litres of fizzy drinks every year. But they are to blame for one in ten new cases of type 2 ...