Commentary: The cigarette tax has saved millions of lives. A soda tax could too
by Hunt Allcott, Benjamin B. Lockwood And Dmitry Taubinsky, Los Angeles Times
Jun 05, 2019
3 minutes
You might want to think twice before downing that 12-ounce can of Coke. Since sugary drinks can cause a host of health problems, drinking one sugar-filled soda ends up imposing about 10 cents of health costs on others because the resulting medical bills are paid through Medicare, Medicaid or private insurers.
We came to this conclusion while studying what economics says about the benefits of soda taxes, which have been embraced by seven cities across the country.
After Berkeley became
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