MALAYSIANS’ worry about the soda tax is misplaced (“Mixed reaction to new policies”, Nation, The Star, Jan 1; online at tinyurl.com/star-tax).
Not only a soda tax but a sugar tax should be imposed on our soft drinks and sugar-laden food. We need to urgently shed our dismal record as having the highest proportion of obese and overweight people in Asean.
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