Mexico’s soda tax will save 18,900 lives and more than $983 million over 10 years, study says. By Melissa Healy Staff Writer . Nov. 3, 2016 9:14 AM PT . Share via Close extra sharing options.

Voters next month could make San Francisco the first place in the United States to adopt a soda tax after similar efforts in dozens of other cities and states have fizzled. But a soda tax isn’t ...

Study: Mexico’s Soda Tax Will Save 18,900 Lives, Nearly $1 Billion Over 10 Years by: CNN Wire. Posted: Nov 3, 2016 / 10:10 AM PDT. Updated: Nov 3, 2016 / 01:54 PM PDT.

Emilio Herrera, director of Mexico's soft drink makers association, ANPRAC, says only 5.5% of the calories consumed in Mexico come from sodas. He estimates the tax will increase prices by 20%.

Mexico’s soda tax was ahead of its time. But with data like this, it probably won’t take the US long to catch up. Lizzie Wade is a freelance writer and contributing correspondent for Science, ...

Mexico’s lower house of Congress recently approved a measure to cut the soda tax, at least for drinks with reduced sugar. The revision would reduce the tax by 50 percent for products with less ...

Mexico’s beverage industry shot back at López-Gatell, saying Mexicans consume less than 6% of their daily calories from sugary drinks. Public health proponents said the castigation of big soda ...

"A soda tax is a critical step. Mexico has done it for their residents. So can we." Rivera says he's working to get funding to continue to measure the impact of the Mexican tax in 2015.

A 2015 working paper by University of Chicago Prof. Jeffrey Grogger found that Mexico's soda taxes raised sugar-sweetened beverage prices by approximately 10 percent.

Mexico’s politicians are working to create new obstacles for Coca-Cola’s sales growth, but the omnipresent soda brand’s has not seen much of a decline in popularity.

Mexico’s tax was an attempt to cap obesity and diabetes rates in a country where per-capita soda consumption is the highest in the world. The market share of full-calorie Coca-Cola inched higher ...