Tapping the Power of Soda Taxes: A Call for Multidisciplinary Research and Broad-Based Advocacy Coalitions – A Response to the Recent Commentaries

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O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health Law, Georgetown University Law Center, Washington, DC, USA

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In comments on our recent editorial, Le Bodo and De Wals1 and Baker et al2 provide compelling reflections on the need for further research into the policy processes and societal conditions conducive to sustainable soda taxes... (Read more...)

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  • Receive Date: 15 March 2018
  • Revise Date: 08 April 2018
  • Accept Date: 25 March 2018
  • First Publish Date: 01 July 2018

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