Sugar tax: a health sweetener

A 20% TAX ON SOFT DRINKS WOULD RESULT IN WIDESPREAD, LONG-LASTING PUBLIC HEALTH BENEFITS AND SIGNIFICANT HEALTH COST SAVINGS, A NEW STUDY SHOWS. University of Queensland School of Public Health researcher Dr Lennert Veerman say the tax would raise an estimated $400m and reduce annual health expenditure by up to $29m. “Our modelling scoped the effects over the lifetime