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Another fat tax fail
Published: 4 February 2015
''Mexico is trying to do the impossible. It鈥檚 attempting to reduce its enormous obesity problem with a modest 10% flavoured drink tax it imposed on聽January 1, 2014.'' 聽
''Mexico is arguably the world鈥檚 fattest country, with obesity and diabetes levels having gone through the roof. Mexicans also consume lots of soft drinks: 163 liters per capita each year compared to 70 liters per capita in Canada.''
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Chris Lannon - Desautels Faculty of Management
Managing Director, 捆绑SM社区 Centre for the Convergence of Health and Economics
chris.lannon [at] mcgill.ca (Email)
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