Calling soda the new tobacco, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom will introduce legislation this fall that would charge a fee to retailers that sell sugary beverages.

The mayor said the city attorney’s office has warned him the city would probably be sued over the matter, but he said it is worth the risk to try to curb a leading cause of obesity and diabetes. “We know we’ll be sued,” he said. “But I really believe this is important to do.”

Newsom wants to charge stores that sell sodas

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    rafer) Sorry, but...isn’t the government’s job. This kind of thing sets
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    (OP:rafer/RB:david) thank god someone is willing to do something about this.
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    The mayor said the city attorney’s office has warned him the city would probably be sued over the matter, but he said it...
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    Seriously Gavin? I agree that sodas are detrimental to our health but why stop at sodas then? Where do you draw the...
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    Ugh, I wish I didn’t think that was stupid. They tried taxing soda in NYS—trumping it as the ‘obesity tax’ and it...
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