Today, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution features us in a pro-con debate about whether health policy should include a sugar-sweetened beverage tax. The “pro” side is represented by an Emory University…
The New York Daily News reported yesterday that, just in time for Halloween, Governor David Paterson pledged to raise his sugar-sweetened beverage tax from the dead. And dead it…
Our brawl with New York City’s dietary control freaks is drawing some serious attention. The city is spending hundreds of thousands of taxpayer dollars to run anti-soft-drink subway ads…
“Twinkie tax” creator Kelly Brownell has been on a years-long crusade against the dietary decisions of other Americans. Yesterday, he and fellow doom merchant David Ludwig wrote in the Los Angeles Times in…
Mayor Michael Bloomberg isn’t alone in his New York City anti-salt crusade (even if he salts his own popcorn to extremes). Today, Crain’s New York Business profiles the man…
We’ve covered a multitude of arguments against soda taxes. Speaking recently at the Rotary Club of Atlanta, Coca-Cola CEO Muhtar Kent gave his own take (and perhaps the…
Last week, we reported that President Obama had endorsed the idea of “exploring” a federal tax on soda. Yesterday, the authors of a report published in the New England…
You might remember Barry Popkin as one of the scientists who helped fuel a string of myths about high fructose corn syrup (HFCS). Popkin coauthored a study with George…
The New York Daily News saw fit to quote us last week explaining how soda taxes lack any pop. Today, the publication gave us the opportunity to elaborate on…
According to a national poll we commissioned last week from the Opinion Research Corporation, Americans don’t want more taxes on their soda. Two-thirds of Americans disagreed with the proposal…
