Sentences with phrase «passes soda tax»

After successfully funding a campaign to pass a soda tax in Philadelphia, billionaire former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg is preparing to fund similar efforts in several other cities, giving new momentum to measures seeking to limit soft drink consumption.

Philadelphia became the first large city to pass a soda tax.

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As higher costs are passed on to consumers, supporters aim to put a dent in sales, as was the case in Berkeley, where according to public health officials retail purchases of sugar - sweetened beverages dropped nearly 10 % during the first year of that city's soda tax.

ICYMI: Last Thursday, Philadelphia became the first major American city to pass a tax on sugary drinks and diet sodas.

The biggest spender was the American Beverage Association that doled out a whopping $ 12.9 million to oppose the proposed soda tax championed by former DOH Commissioner Richard Daines, who passed away last weekend.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg, Bloomberg, who tried — and failed — to ban over-sized sodas in the Big Apple, and provided millions of dollars to support successful soda - tax initiatives in Mexico and Berkeley, Calif., is now backing a campaign to pass a sugary - drinks tax in Philadelphia.

MANHATTAN — Gov. David Paterson is trying a new approach to sweeten the deal for lawmakers to pass his statewide soda tax.

These new study results differ from those of a working paper on Berkeley soda prices published in August, which suggested that a smaller proportion of the tax was passed through to the retail price of soda.

To establish a baseline comparison, researchers collected data on most beverage prices in fall 2014, before the soda tax was passed.

NPR reported on the first soda tax to be passed in the US, with voters in Berkeley, California, passing the measure aimed at reducing the effects of sugar consumption on health, particularly increased rates of obesity and diabetes.