other U.S. cities — of the “soda tax.”
In another computer-modeling study, a team led by Christina Griecci of Tufts University in Boston estimated that a 1 cent tax per ounce on every sugar-sweetened beverage could prevent around 17,000 new obesity-associated cancer cases and 10,000 cancer deaths.
The tax would also save an estimated $2.4 billion in lifetime expenditures for cancer care nationwide, Griecci’s group reported.
Another Tufts computer-modeling study, this time led by researcher Yujin Lee, found that a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages would work best if the amount of tax went up along with the amount of sugar added.
The researchers estimated that this kind of tiered tax “could prevent 460,000 cardiovascular events and
