SWEETENED DRINKS RESOLVED that the VMS support a two-cent-per-ounce excise tax on sweetened beverages; That all the revenue be used to provide greater access to health care to low income Vermonters, subsidizing the purchase of healthy foods for low-income Vermonters and funding obesity prevention/education efforts that are evidence-based. (Adopted on November 7, 2015)
SWEETENED DRINKS RESOLVED that the VMS support a two-cent-per-ounce excise tax on sweetened beverages; That all the revenue be used to provide greater access to health care to low income Vermonters, subsidizing the purchase of healthy foods for low-income Vermonters and funding obesity prevention/education efforts that are evidence-based. (Adopted on November 7, 2015)