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A handful of US cities have passed soda taxes, but are they working?

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Tags: usa, cities, drinks.soft, taxes, tax.soda, tax.sin, government.local, author.chase purdy, source.quartz, paywall
https://qz.com/1808169/the-debate-is-fierce-over-whether-soda-taxes-work/

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Title
Soda taxes have been passed, but are they actually working?
Authors
Chase Purdy
Published
Feb 26 2020
Word count
665 words

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  1. Thrabalen
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    I live in Philadelphia, and let me tell you, this tax is debated. It's highly inconsistent... not only does it not tax any milk based item (so, for example, chocolate milk), it targets any soft...

    I live in Philadelphia, and let me tell you, this tax is debated. It's highly inconsistent... not only does it not tax any milk based item (so, for example, chocolate milk), it targets any soft beverage other than milk and water... like diet soda, which is guaranteed not to have sugar in it.

    In the end, the only thing it caused us to do is shop outside the city.

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