Higher taxes on soft drinks mulled against diabetes, obesity

2015-05-23 2

Some lawmakers want to implement an additional 10 percent tax on soft drinks and other sweetened and carbonated bottled drinks. For them, it would be an effective counteraction in the increasing number of cases of diabetes and obesity in the country.

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