I encourage everyone to join me at the UCSF Global Oral Health Symposium, held for free and online. I will be speaking about recent developments in the #sodatax debate and this recent publication in @jama.com: lnkd.in/gd2_Z5bU.
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Is This the End of Sweet Deals? How Santa Cruz is Challenging Big Soda In a bold move that's stirring up debate across California, the beachside city of Santa Cruz has implemented a new tax on sugary drinks, defying a statewide

Big Soda is facing a challenge! Santa Cruz has imposed a new tax on sugary drinks to promote health. Is this a smart move or not? Share your thoughts! 🍹😲
#CaliforniaBan #SantaCruz #SodaTax

The Changing Landscape of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes This Viewpoint discusses how sugar-sweetened beverage taxes in small US cities have provided an example for how to enact such policy changes elsewhere, which could help improve population health.

Read my new piece in @jama.com on how Coca-Cola and Pepsi plan to sue the small City of San Cruz because voters had the audacity to pass a #sodatax to pay for health initiatives. Courageous officials in this small city are preparing to stand up to the corporate bully.
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For more than 30 years, Pepsi [has continued to be] The Choice of a New [still highly relevant] Generation #sponsored #delicious #sodatax

Thanks for the great chat! Important topic and inspiring to see #sodatax movement continues to march forward around the country! #foodfri

A5: The documentary is impt to empower other comms and show yes! A #sodatax can be done here in the U.S.! #foodfri

Philly Wants To Tax Soda To Raise Money For Schools Philadelphia's mayor is proposing a divisive tax on soda ...

via @npr: Philly Wants To Tax Soda To Raise Money For Schools #sodatax #prekforphilly #phillysodatax http://n.pr/1RVRcDI

Mexico passes a soda tax. So what's next? - LatinAmericanScience.org How much of an impact can a soda tax have on the health of a population?   Mexico recently approved a tax of 1 peso per liter—a little less than 10 cents—for beverages with sugar added. The measure hopes to address Mexico”s high rate of obesity, which according to the latest UNFAO report is one …

#Mexico passes a soda tax. So what's next? Clinician and @LatAmSci writer @medtropoli reports: http://bit.ly/1aUsWRv #sodatax #LatAm