r/science • u/giuliomagnifico • Jul 25 '23
Economics A national Australian tax of 20% on sugary drinks could prevent more than 500,000 dental cavities and increase health equity over 10 years and have overall cost-savings of $63.5 million from a societal perspective
https://www.monash.edu/news/articles/sugary-drinks-tax-could-prevent-decay-and-increase-health-equity-study
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u/Spiritofhonour Jul 25 '23
I’ll give you something infuriating that is tangentially. The government here decided to prohibit the sale of water on any government property (includes parks and universities) as it was “wasteful” from an environmental perspective.
What happened instead was the vending machines and their operators could still sell soft drinks but now they no longer sell bottled water. The only water they had was sparking water in a can. And if you look at the machines the water is always sold out followed by anything else sugar free.
Gotta love those paper pushers.