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Taxing sugary drinks would boost productivity, not just health

  • Written by Lennert Veerman, Senior health economist, Cancer Council NSW
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Many studies have looked at the potential benefits of a sugar tax in terms of the longer, healthier lives and reduced health expenditure associated with tackling obesity.

But our new study goes one step further. It predicts that...

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