Sentences with phrase «new soda tax»

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The repeal followed a similar legislative defeat in Santa Fe, New Mexico earlier in the year and was seen at the time as a loss of momentum for soda tax advocates.

Examples of actions which have had these effects include school nutrition standards in Queensland, Australia; a vending machine ban in France; a front - of - package symbol that led to product reformulation in the Netherlands; soda taxes in France and Mexico; a programme targeting retail environments in New York City, USA; a programme promoting increased water consumption in schools in Hungary; school fruit and vegetable programmes in Netherlands and Norway; a healthy marketing campaign in Los Angeles County, USA and a comprehensive nutrition and health programme in France.

Much has been written about this «rob - parents - to - help - kids» scheme, including the compelling essay by Raj Patel that I posted last week, and today's blog post by New York Times food writer Mark Bittman, which proposes a soda tax to fund the bill.

This partnership was widely interpreted as a ploy to stave off the kind of soda tax and cap initiatives proposed by the Bloomberg administration in New York City.

«The «soda tax» is nothing but a new sales tax that singles out one product category.

The former New York City mayor, who's adamant about his political independence and gives to Republicans and Democrats who align with positions he wants, comes into Election Day having donated more than $ 65 million — overwhelmingly to issue campaigns for local gun control and soda tax measures, but also to 18 individual candidates.

They discuss Governor Paterson's freshly unveiled budget, including some unpopular cutbacks in education and some $ 1 billion in new taxes, including taxes on soda.

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.

Kenneth Raske, president of the Greater New York Hospital Association, has told his board and others that a soda tax could help ameliorate the financial hit the state's health care system faces with the potential repeal of Obamacare under a Trump administration and Republican - controlled Congress.

In addition, the new proposed tax would eliminate the current sales tax on diet sodas as well as on bottled water, the Times reported.

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

[26][27][28][29][30][31] In late 2008, Young Americans for Liberty, with the endorsement of Rep. Paul, organized a protest called the Binghamton Tea Party for January 24 of the following year where participants dressing in Native American costumes and dumping soft drinks into New York's Susquehanna River, as a protest of former NY Governor David Paterson's proposed 18 % tax increase on soda.

Soda tax about money: It is interesting that (former New York Mayor) Michael Bloomberg and (Cook County Chairman) Toni Preckwinkle are saying that the soda tax is all about health.

And Mr. Paterson's plan to raise $ 465 million from a new tax on sodas is facing stiff opposition in the Legislature.

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.

A new study finds that Berkeley's soda tax led to higher retail prices of sugary drinks sold in the city.

FRIDAY, Nov. 4, 2016 (HealthDay News)-- Suppliers try to counter the effects of taxes on soda and other sugar - sweetened drinks by absorbing some of the extra cost themselves, a new study finds.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention listed decreasing the intake of such drinks among its main obesity prevention tactics in 2009, and some states and cities, like New York City and California already are thinking about such soda taxes.