sugar tax
Sweetener consumption fee
A sugar tax is a levy on foods and beverages with added sugar, intended to discourage consumption and reduce obesity and diabetes rates.
The tax typically targets soft drinks, candy, and sweetened snacks.
The city's sugar tax raised the price of soda by about a penny per ounce.
Also called a soda tax or sweetened beverage tax.
- artificial sweetenersSynthetic sugar replacements
- soft drinksCarbonated nonalcoholic beverages
- fizzy drinksCarbonated soft beverages
- obesity preventionMeasures against excess body fat
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
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- food taxes
- commodity taxesimport duty, customs duty, export duty, import duties, import tariffs
- taxestaxes, withholding, VAT, GST, federal taxes
- chargesfees, surcharges, levies, service charges, service fees
- taxationtaxable income, VAT, withholding, deductions, deduction
- food policyfood policy, food stamps, food aid, food assistance, food security
sugar taxlaissez-faire
Noninterference in commerce
deregulation · free market · non-intervention · prohibition · sugar rationing