http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/09/06/us-usa-drinks-tax-idUSBRE88507M20120906
In November, voters in cash-strapped Richmond and El Monte will decide whether to pass penny-per-ounce taxes on sugar-sweetened drinks to bolster municipal coffers and fight obesity.
Approval could open the floodgates to similar taxes around the country. Calls to tax sugary drinks have gathered steam as more cities and states struggle to close budget gaps and American waistlines continue to expand.
A few decades ago, cigarette taxes in several small California cities paved the way for what are now significant taxes on tobacco products -- and the soda industry does not want to suffer the same fate.
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