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. 2021 Jan 7;18(1):e1003412.
doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003412. eCollection 2021 Jan.

Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation

Barry M Popkin  1 , Shu Wen Ng  1
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Sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Lessons to date and the future of taxation

Barry M Popkin et al. PLoS Med. .
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I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: BMP is a member of the Editorial Board of PLOS Medicine.

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Fig 1. Global map of countries with SSB taxes.
SSB, sugar-sweetened beverage.
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