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Instagram posts stated on December 08, 2024 in a post:

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. posted on X that on Jan. 20, “I will be banning all consumption of Diet Coke in the United States.”

By Sara Swann• December 9, 2024

American Beverage Association stated on May 11, 2011 in a placard:

"The new beverage tax will increase the cost of sodas, juice drinks, sports drinks, iced teas, and flavored water up to 50%."

By C. Eugene Emery Jr.• May 18, 2011

Philadelphia Daily News stated on April 14, 2016 in In an editorial:

If you don't buy cigarettes at your local supermarket, your grocery bill won't go up a dime. The same is true of the sugary drink tax. If passed, you can avoid paying the tax by not buying sugary drinks.

By Mark Dent• May 11, 2016

Illinois Policy Institute stated on August 03, 2017 in a tweet:

The new tax will make soda sold in Chicago among the most expensive in the country.

By Matt Dietrich• August 7, 2017

Instagram posts stated on January 23, 2024 in an Instagram post:

Oat milk “raises your blood sugar as much as drinking a Coke.”

By Sofia Ahmed• January 31, 2024

Multnomah County stated on July 10, 2012 in a public health campaign:

Says "Your kid just ate 16 packs of sugar."

By Janie Har• July 11, 2012

Facebook posts stated on April 09, 2024 in a video:

Morton Salt and other plain and iodized table salts contain 25% sand and 25% glass that cut up “your arterial and venous network and that’s how you get high blood pressure.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• April 22, 2024

Daniel Grace stated on May 17, 2016 in a statement:

A three-cents-per-ounce soda tax in Philadelphia "would result in the loss of 2,000 family-sustaining Teamster Union jobs and countless other jobs in the beverage industry."

By Anna Orso• May 20, 2016

Instagram posts stated on October 15, 2021 in a post:

Two forms of fluoride in our drinking water “are so toxic that the CDC clearly labels these chemicals extremely toxic in both animals and humans."

By Monique Curet• October 21, 2021

Ax The Bev Tax stated on March 22, 2017 in In a tweet:

"We offer a tremendous amount of low calorie, no calorie options, like waters, unsweetened products, low calorie diet items. All of which unfortunately are taxed by this tax."

By Mark Dent• March 24, 2017

Social Media stated on September 16, 2024 in a post:

“Coca-Cola cuts ties with Taylor Swift over (Kamala) Harris endorsement.”

By Sara Swann• September 18, 2024

Facebook posts stated on April 10, 2022 in a video on Facebook:

“It’s been proven that sugar triggers and causes cancer. … So the best thing to do to prevent cancer is to avoid sugar.”

By Sara Swann• April 18, 2022

Facebook posts stated on October 14, 2019 in a Facebook post:

Says drinking cream of tartar mixed with orange juice daily will help people quit smoking because it "flushes the nicotine" out of the body.

By Samantha Putterman• October 30, 2019

Facebook posts stated on May 11, 2024 in a video:

“They are hiding the fact that Barbara O’Neill’s cousin was sentenced to life in prison for revealing these gatekept health secrets.”

By Kwasi Gyamfi Asiedu• May 16, 2024

Bike Austin stated on June 08, 2016 in a press release:

"Bike lanes and sidewalks have been proven to reduce crashes by up to 38 percent on Austin’s streets."

By Jane Wester• July 29, 2016

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. stated on January 07, 2026 in a press briefing:

Says “90% of health care spending treats chronic disease.”

By Grace Abels• February 19, 2026

Jim Kenney stated on March 27, 2016 in Pennsylvania:

"Big soda has a lot of money. They make a lot of profit off their product and they market in neighborhoods that suffer from these very things that we’re trying to cure."

By Cassie Owens• March 30, 2016

Facebook posts stated on September 13, 2024 in una publicación en Facebook:

"El gran respaldo de Taylor Swift" a Kamala Harris "le cuesta $125 millones en acuerdos de marca".

By Maria Briceño• September 19, 2024

Jeffrey Brown stated on February 21, 2017 in a Philly.com article:

ShopRite will lose about 300 employees "voluntarily and through layoffs" due to the beverage tax.

By Jordan Gunselman• March 13, 2017

Facebook posts stated on July 18, 2023 in a Facebook video:

Borax can be used to treat a variety of health problems, including joint pain, kidney stones, osteoporosis and chronic fatigue.

By Sara Swann• July 27, 2023

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