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Should we have faith in ‘sin taxes’ to help tackle obesity crisis?

Should we have faith in ‘sin taxes’ to help tackle obesity crisis? Posted on July 9, 2019

Last week Boris Johnson, our potential next Prime Minister, cast doubt on the effectiveness of health-related taxes on foods and beverages to help improve health and promised to put related existing policies and future plans under review. Is that really necessary?

We have written a brief blog post as a response. You can read it here:

https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/expert-opinion/boris-johnsons-unsure-should-we-have-faith-sin-taxes-help-tackle-obesity