Philadelphia leads sodas control a – FAZ – Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

Each 2-liter bottle is the future one US dollars more expensive.

the half million inhabitants of the east coast metropolis Philadelphia must in future pay more few cents when they decide to purchase a sugared soft drink. Against the fierce resistance of the beverage industry adopted the City Council of Philadelphia on Thursday a special tax of around 50 cents (0.40 euros) per liter of lemonade.

This will the city where 68 percent of adults and 41 percent of children are overweight, raising health awareness. Mayor Jim Kenney described the decision as a “great victory”. The estimated on converted 80 million euros per year revenue should flow in kindergartens, schools, libraries and public recreational facilities. The tax will be levied from early 2017.

Critics have argued that the special tax burdening especially the poor. In Philadelphia nearly 27 percent of the population live below the poverty line. Trade also had objections: He fears that consumers now stock up outside the city limits of sweet drinks

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the vote in the City Council of Philadelphia were months-long debates preceded. The beverage industry launched a million-dollar campaign against the measure. They threatened lawsuits in court. “It should not be up to the government to demonize certain products,” said the industry association American Beverage Association, the Coca-Cola and Pepsi belong.

A special tax on sugary sodas are available in the United States so far only in the much smaller city of Berkeley, California. The new tax in Philadelphia applies to soft drinks, sports drinks, flavored water and vorgesüßte tea and coffee drinks. There are exceptions for milk drinks and fresh fruit juices.

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