[American Beverage Association] spokesman Chris Gindlesperger said his group made the same request as the New York Times, but that the newspaper received more information than the ABA.Yeah, well, first they came for the smokers, but they died or quit. Soft-drink makers are being cast as the next deserving victims.
"Public health departments are going out and aggressively misrepresenting our products in advertising and using taxpayer money to do that," Gindlesperger said. . . . .
At various times, states and localities have considered taxing sugary beverages to cover obesity-related health costs. In 2009 and 2010, as such proposals became more frequent, the ABA, Coke and Pepsi collectively spent $60 million on lobbying, up from $8 million in 2007 and 2008, according to data collected by the Center for Responsive Politics' OpenSecrets.org.
July 20, 2011
Soft-Drink Industry Fights Anti-Obesity Programs.
The carbonated water-and-high fructose corn syrup industry is trying to clog the legal process as politicians move against them.
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I read somewhere years ago, that the US drinks more soft drinks than water.
I don't drink carbonated beverages but I'm rooting for the evil fructose people in this one.
It's a tough one. I have no use for their product, but demonizing one industry or another is a classic example of the "slippery slope."
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