Penny tax would save lives

This Los Angeles Times story reviewed a study published in Health Affairs that said a penny tax on soda would raise $13 billion a year and save $17 billion in health costs. The study summarized in the article said Americans drank almost 14 billion gallons of sugar-sweetened beverages in 2009. A penny-per-ounce tax would cut consumption 15 percent and reduce the number of obese adults by 867,000 over a 10-year period.
The article provided an overview of the study but did not include quotes or material from other sources.

Kaplan, K. (2012, January 10). Soda tax could prevent 26,000 premature deaths, study finds. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved from http://www.latimes.com/