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How Taxing Sugary Drinks Can Make People Fatter
Sugary drink taxes drive some consumers to purchase substitute products that pose equal or greater health risks, and others to buy sweetened beverages outside city limits.
De Blasio’s Anti-Smoking Crusade Will Only Hurt New Yorkers
Bill de Blasio’s efforts to raise the base price of a pack of cigarettes to $13 is just another example of the progressive impulse to control the lives of constituents.