Sugar industry’s fight against tax takes tips from tobacco’s playbook – an opinion piece by steering group member Victoria Mulligan
The debate over whether a sugar tax would effectively combat New Zealand’s obesity problem is back in the spotlight. Today’s supermarket foods contain increasing levels of added sugar and fat, but the major culprits are sugary drinks, known as sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs). At the FIZZ Symposium in Auckland, Big Beverage chief Geoff Parker told […]