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Pepsi to spend $600 million on marketing in 2012.
Coke nearly doubled sports drink ad spending in 3rd Quarter 2011 say Bev. Digest...
Richmond, CA to vote on soda tax Nov 2012
Coca-Cola upped spending on ads by 17% in 3rd quarter of 2011, says Bev. Digest.
A 20 ounce soda has 16 teaspoons of sugar!
Mississippi Legislature introduces 2-cent per ounce soda tax bill!
Overweight and obesity account for $168 billion in medical expenditures.
The typical American consumes 22 teaspoons of added sugar daily!
Sugary drink tax could prevent more than $17 bn. in medical costs over a decade.
A 32oz. sports drink has 14 tsp. of sugar, equivalent to 22 Starburst candies!
Drinking sugary drinks nearly doubles the risk of dental caries in children.
Professional snowboarders say 'Drink Water' not energy drinks!
Scientific evidence shows a strong link between sugary drinks and obesity.
In CA, a one-cent per ounce sugary drink tax would raise more than $1 billion.
Study finds rats prefer sugary drinks to cocaine.
Sugary drinks are the biggest source of added sugar in the US diet.
The price of sugary drinks has dropped 35% since the 1980s!
Yale study finds unprecedented marketing of sugary drinks to youth.
The beverage industry spends $600 mil. annually selling sugary drinks to kids!
Adults who drink a soda daily are 27% more likely to be overweight or obese.
France has passed a tax on sugary drinks!
Each daily serving of soda increases a child’s risk for obesity by 60%.
Sugary drink consumption has more than doubled in the past 30 years.
Join the Life’s Sweeter Challenge at www.fewersugarydrinks.org.
The average American drinks 45 gallons of sugary drinks each year!
The bev. industry spent $10 mil. in 4 months to fight the soda tax in New York.

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