[a_c]

Reducing sugar consumption has long term health benefit, reduce medical cost, and might reduce consumption of plastic bottle. Anyone explored regulating/taxing sugar before?

[shadedtriangle]

Yes, the city of Seattle instituted a sweetened beverage tax in 2017 and there was a study with results published in 2023.

https://www.seattle.gov/sweetened-beverage-tax-community-adv...

[sydbarrett74]

In the US, President Wilson proposed a soft-drink tax in 1914, but the already-powerful Coca-Cola Company lobbied to defeat the initiative. In this country, the beverage industry is incredibly influential and has bought off a lot of legislators.

[riffraff]

Yes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugary_drink_tax

[esperent]

Mexico, the UK, and Portugal all have a tax on sugary drinks. Norway seems to be the only country with an overall sugar tax though.