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Soda Tax To Slim Down Fat Kids?

A California lawmaker has proposed slapping a tax on popular
soft drinks to help reduce rocketing rates of childhood obesity.
A number of U.S. states, including Arkansas, Virginia and
Washington, currently impose excise taxes on soft drinks. But
most use the proceeds to fight litter, not the "epidemic" of
overweight children in U.S. schools.

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