Do Soda Taxes Actually Work? Here's What the Science is Telling Us

Teas, sodas, sports drinks, more: A broad variety of beverages contain caloric sweeteners, but beverage taxes don't treat them equally. For example, 100% fruit juice generally gets a pass for nutritional reasons, even though it contains plenty of sugar that's chemically no different than sugar added artificially. In a similar vein, among public health researchers and policymakers there's disagreement on whether to tax sweetened milk, because the added sugar may make it more likely that children