Health

Should sugar be treated like a harmful substance similar to tobacco?

For

It causes obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.

Against

People should be trusted to control their own diet.

Anonymous excerpts, translated where noted.

For

  • Studies from all over the world have shown that a tax on sugary drinks reduces consumption.
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  • Any way we can reduce obesity and diabetes and in turn reduce the burden on our economy is worth trying.
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Against

  • they're not as problematic as smoking tobacco.
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  • I’m in the US and feel here it would be a regressive tax that does little to solve the obesity issue.
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