Philadelphia city council passed a tax on all soda beverages on June 16th. The tax will be 1.5 cents per ounce. This was the third attempt to pass the tax. Philadelphia is now the fifth largest city to pass such a tax. Soda sales are rapidly on the decline but 17% of Americans still drink the sugary stuff daily. The tax is expected to bring in $91 million in its first year and will go towards improving pre-K programs and improving parks, libraries, and recreation centers.

Soda sales in Philadelphia have plummeted after the city raised taxes on sugary drinks.

If you want some soda in Philadelphia soon you’ll have to pay a lot more for that sugary beverage!

A new tax has been passed in Philadelphia, PA that will effect sugary drinks like soda, sports drinks, juice cocktails, amongst others. They are the first city in the US to approve a tax like this, but it’s all done in the name of protecting the children. Childhood obesity is a huge problem all over the country, so the idea is that adding to the cost of things like soda they will become less appealing to people seeking a refreshing drink and perhaps they will choose milk, or actual juice, or even a glass of water instead. The tax won’t go into effect until January of 2017 so there is still plenty of time for it to falter, but if it is put in place they money generated will go to improving schools, parks, and other things that help kids.

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Philadelphia has became the first major U.S. city to implement a soda tax, despite opposition from the beverage industry to stop it. The City Council gave final approval on Thursday to a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet beverages. James Valles reporting (BNO News)

NEW YORK Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney scored a victory that had eluded more than 40 U.S. public officials who took on the powerful U.S. soda industry when the city council voted on Thursday to slap a tax on sweetened drinks. After a bitter, months-long battle, the city council voted 13-4 to approve a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks beginning in January. The council already approved the plan in a preliminary vote last week, and the outcome had not been expected to change.

Del Conner’s family has been in the soda business for over 200 years, but after Philadelphia passed its “sugary drink” tax, Dr. Physicks, a pure sugar cane soda, may have to shut down production after declining sales. Shot and produced by Alex Pena.

Seattle Latest City to Slam Soda Makers with Hefty $1.75 Per Ounce Sugar Tax
The new Seattle legislation will lift the price of a 12-ounce can of sweetened soda by about $0.21
and add around $1.18 to the cost of a 2-liter bottle, based on a rate of 1.75 cents per ounce, which means the tax would be about $1.18 for a 2-liter bottle of soda.
The measure, to be signed by Mayor Ed Murray on Tuesday, was passed by a 7-1 vote despite aggressive lobbying from the American Beverage Association, which claimed the new tax would hurt poor
and working-class families, along with small businesses.
On Monday, the City Council of Seattle became the latest to burden soft drink makers with
a new tax specifically related to sodas and other sugary beverages sold to consumers.
The legislation’s enactment will add Washington’s largest city to a growing list of localities across the country
seeking to curb consumption of high-calorie, sugar-filled beverages by passing higher costs on to consumers.
Proponents of the tax said it would help the city provide better access to nutritious foods
in low-income neighborhoods and communities of color, reports the Seattle Times.
Philadelphia, San Francisco (and some of its Bay Area neighbors), Boulder, Colo.,
and the greater Chicago area have all passed similar measures over the past few years.

NEW YORK Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney scored a victory that had eluded more than 40 U.S. public officials who took on the powerful U.S. soda industry when the city council voted on Thursday to slap a tax on sweetened drinks. After a bitter, months-long battle, the city council voted 13-4 to approve a 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sugary and diet drinks beginning in January. The council already approved the plan in a preliminary vote last week, and the outcome had not been expected to change.

If you want some soda in Philadelphia soon you’ll have to pay a lot more for that sugary beverage!

A new tax has been passed in Philadelphia, PA that will effect sugary drinks like soda, sports drinks, juice cocktails, amongst others. They are the first city in the US to approve a tax like this, but it’s all done in the name of protecting the children. Childhood obesity is a huge problem all over the country, so the idea is that adding to the cost of things like soda they will become less appealing to people seeking a refreshing drink and perhaps they will choose milk, or actual juice, or even a glass of water instead. The tax won’t go into effect until January of 2017 so there is still plenty of time for it to falter, but if it is put in place they money generated will go to improving schools, parks, and other things that help kids.

Do you drink a lot of soda? What do you think about this tax? Do you think it will help to curb childhood obesity?

TELL US EVERYTHING!!

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Soda Sales Fall Further in Mexico’s Second Year of Taxing Them –
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In the first year of a big soda tax in Mexico, sales of sugary drinks fell.
Mexico’s soda tax took effect in 2014, and applied to all beverages
that included added sugar, including carbonated soft drinks, fruit drinks and sweetened iced teas.
Studies on the first year of the tax found that sugary beverage consumption fell substantially, with the
biggest decreases among low-income Mexicans — the group at highest risk of obesity-related diseases.
The finding represents the best evidence to date of how sizable taxes on sugary drinks,
increasingly favored by large American cities, may influence consumer behavior.
But industry analysts and anti-tax advocates had argued
that the one-year results could just be a blip that would reverse as companies retooled their products, or as consumers adjusted to higher prices for their favorite drinks.
Philadelphia, San Francisco, Oakland, Calif., and the Illinois county
that contains Chicago have recently passed soda taxes similar in size to the tax in Mexico.
Over all, sugary drink sales fell by 5.5 percent in 2014 compared with the year before, and by 9.7 percent in 2015 (again compared with 2013).

a philidelphia tax on sweetened drinks is bringing in huge revenues for the city. According to CBS news, the city’s sweetened-beverage tax raised $5.7 million in January, more than double what city officials had projected. The 1.5 cent-per-ounce tax on sweetened and diet beverages pays for nearly 2,000 pre-kindergarten slots as well as other programs. Other U.S. cities also are moving to tax sugary drinks, including San Francisco, Oakland and Albany, California; Seattle; and Boulder, Colorado.