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No evidence, no problem: The crumbling case for soda taxes

By Guy Bentley
Published May 11, 2019 4:00am ET
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No evidence, no problem: The crumbling case for soda taxes
FILE - This Dec. 25, 2018, file photo shows soda fountain dispenser at the Back Bowl bowling alley in Eagle, Colo. PepsiCo Inc. reports financial results on Wednesday, April 17, 2019. | (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

No matter how many times they’re debunked, disproven, or discredited, some policies refuse to die with dignity.

Despite a dearth of evidence from anywhere in the world showing soda taxes reduce obesity, the American Heart Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics continue banging the drum against king Coke.

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