Keyword: soft drinks

Not So Cool Drinks: Is It Time for a Sin Tax?

Picture: Inge Jorge/flickr Glenn Ashton - A few decades ago city workers anticipated a cheap, relatively healthy lunch of a bunny chow – a dollop of stew or curry in a half loaf, along with a pint of milk. Today inflation and industrial food have shifted us to where a lunchtime visit to the corner shop or local supermarket reveals the extent of our dietary rot. For too many, lunch often means a half a loaf of bread and a bottle of cool drink. In our cities cool drinks have almost become ubiquitous, the daytime drink of...