More Soda Tax News

The Food Law Prof Blog, Soda Tax in the News, has a compilation of articles on proposed taxes on sugar sodas:

• Food Law Prof Blog on President Obama's thoughts. 

• "A recent study by a star-studded cast of nutrition and obesity experts published in the New England Journal of Medicine this week is stirring things up. :The Public Health and Economic Benefits of Taxing Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, (by Kelly D. Brownell, Ph.D., Thomas Farley, M.D., M.P.H., Walter C. Willett, M.D., Dr.P.H., Barry M. Popkin, Ph.D., Frank J. Chaloupka, Ph.D., Joseph W. Thompson, M.D., M.P.H., and David S. Ludwig, M.D., Ph.D.)"

• New York Times, Sept. 16, 2009: Proposed Tax on Sugary Beverages Debated

• ABCNews.go.com, Sept. 16, 2009: Public Health Leaders Propose Soda Tax