Lin, Biing-Hwan; Smith, Travis A.; Lee, Jonq-Ying - European Association of Agricultural Economists - EAAE; … - 2010
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been proposed as a means to improve U.S. diet and health and generate revenue to address obesity-related issues. A related concern is that children’s intake of SSBs, a third that of milk consumption in the late 1970s, now equals milk consumption....