Yeah, because this idea works really well with cigarettes. It's all about profit, as more and more people opt not to smoke and the older smokers start to die off, they need to replace that sin tax with a new one, and right now sugar is the low hanging fruit. Then in the future when less people drink sugary drinks what happens, something else is going to get the sin tax.
I wonder if they count Kool-Aid, Apple Juice and Juice Boxes as part of this, I was shocked when I first learned that apple juice has the same or more sugar in it than some soft drinks.
Yeah, because this idea works really well with cigarettes. It's all about profit, as more and more people opt not to smoke and the older smokers start to die off, they need to replace that sin tax with a new one, and right now sugar is the low hanging fruit. Then in the future when less people drink sugary drinks what happens, something else is going to get the sin tax.
I wonder if they count Kool-Aid, Apple Juice and Juice Boxes as part of this, I was shocked when I first learned that apple juice has the same or more sugar in it than some soft drinks.