alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agoThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square26fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square26fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoNot what I said. I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it’s fair and more effective. But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people’s lives better so they don’t kill themselves.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 months agoI wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar
Not what I said.
I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it’s fair and more effective.
But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people’s lives better so they don’t kill themselves.
I wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar