Taxing Soda For Public Health

This timely reference analyzes the rationale impact and feasibility of taxation of sugarsweetened beverages SSBs as a public health measure to contribute curbing obesity and diabetes rates specifically in Canada. It presents the pros and cons of taxing soda with the latest data on adverse health effects of its consumption plus the various business and political issues surrounding the contentious proposition. Reviewed research is multidisciplinary spanning health and medicine to ethics economics