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Soda tax shows positive impact in Berkeley, per Kaiser study – NBC Bay Area, 2024
Soda taxes don't just affect sales: They help change people's minds – ScienceDaily, 2024
Lessons Learned from Implementing a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Berkeley, California – UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research, 2020
Do soda taxes work? Using politics and science to reduce obesity and diabetes – UC Berkeley Public Health, 2019
Opinion: Berkeley’s soda tax, now in its 5th year, has been a resounding success – Berkeleyside, 2019
Opinion: The tax on sugary beverages has been instrumental in educating the community about beverage alternatives – Berkeleyside, 2019
Where are the millions from Berkeley’s soda tax going? Lots of places – Berkeleyside, 2019
Jobs, Revenue Rise after Berkeley Soda Tax – Public Health Institute, 2017
One year later: Berkeley’s 'Soda Tax' significantly reduced sales of sugary drinks – UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, 2017
Berkeley's Soda Tax Appears To Cut Consumption Of Sugary Drinks – NPR, 2016
Nation's First Soda Tax Passed in California City – TIME Magazine, 2014
“Rethink Your Drink” Week in Berkeley
The Public Health Division’s Healthy Berkeley, Nutrition and Heart2Heart Programs host Rethink Your Drink Week (RYD) activities each year in May in partnership with LifeLong Medical Care, Healthy Black Families, and YMCA of the East Bay. Former Mayor Jesse Arreguin recognized the program team with a Proclamation on May 15th, 2018 at City Council.
