alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agoThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square25fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkThe amount of sugar consumed by children from soft drinks in the UK halved within a year of the sugar tax being introduced, a study has found.www.theguardian.comalphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works to World News@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square25fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoHow is banning sweet food in its entirety supposed to help give people something to live for? It only makes life shitter
minus-squarequeermunist she/her@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoNot what I said. I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it’s fair and more effective. But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people’s lives better so they don’t kill themselves.
minus-squareryannathans@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoI wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar
How is banning sweet food in its entirety supposed to help give people something to live for? It only makes life shitter
Not what I said.
I said I prefer a ban instead of a tax. A tax just bans sugar for the poor. A ban effects everyone, so it’s fair and more effective.
But also, the optimum solution instead of a tax or a ban would be to make people’s lives better so they don’t kill themselves.
I wonder how much diabetic deaths would increase with no easy access to sugar