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Xist · 11-01-2018, 08:13 AM

Also, when did "Moment" start meaning anything besides "An instant" or a measure of the tendency to cause a body to rotate about a specific point or axis?

I ran across this five year-old article saying that sugar was so bad people were trying to tax it: Big Sugar is having its tobacco moment

With comments like "Sugar addiction is; Of the same concern, as tobacco, alcohol, drugs, both legal and illegal."

I enabled over 900 addicts tonight. What about you guys?

Quick search: "The sugar tax came into force on April 6, 2018, after hopes of a U-turn by PM Theresa May were dashed."

Sounds like this was in that British place.

"The tax is estimated to raise around £520 million which will be used to fund sports in primary schools."

Is that how you fight childhood obesity? I thought it was guilt!

Opera says that is the equivalent of $662 Million in real money.

"A 1.75ml bottle of coke has increased from roughly £1.25 to £1.49." So, 20%!

"Pure fruit juice has been exempted from the tax"

Cue debate on the merits of fruit juice without added ingredients!

"Drinks with a high milk content are exempt due to their calcium content."

So, energy drinks will all be dairy now. Nice.

"Mexico introduced a 10 per cent tax on sugary drinks in 2014 and saw a 12 per cent reduction over the first year."

"Hungary brought in a tax on the drinks companies and saw a 40 per cent decrease in the amount of sugar in the products."

"Chocolate and sweets are already included in Public Health England’s programme aiming for a 20 per cent reduction in sugar by 2020."

So... did they tax bags of sugar? Did the sugar industry just become DIY?

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