The Alliance for a Healthier Vermont is a coalition of health care providers, advocates for low income Vermonters, consumer advocates, senior advocates, and others who have come together out of concern for the increased role that soda and other sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) are playing in the prevalence of obesity in our society.
We believe Vermonters would benefit from a penny-an-ounce excise tax on SSBs such as soda, sweetened iced teas, sports drinks, energy drinks, fruit juices or drinks with added sugar, and flavored water, with the funds earmarked to support health-related programs.
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New UVM poll finds strong support for a sugar sweetened beverage excise tax
to finance health-related programs
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Among the poll’s findings were when respondents were asked to provide their level of support for an SSB tax after being asked to give their opinion on various health messages, 58% supported a penny per ounce SSB excise tax
Click here to see the complete poll results
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Free Copies of the Poster Below Are Now Available
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Please help us spread the word about the adverse impacts of excess SSB consumption. Ask your doctor, dentist and others to put up one of these posters where the public can see it.
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