Sweetened -beverage sales in seattle dropped 30% after soda tax , new study says the cloumbian

Read the following article excerpt: Sweetened-beverage sales in Seattle dropped 30% after soda tax, new study says The Columbian https://www.columbian.comews/2020/feb/23/sweetened-beverage-sales-in-seattle-dropp after-soda-tax-new-study-says/ By Daniel Beekman, The Seattle Times Published: February 23, 2020, 1:45pm Sales of sugar-sweetened beverages at stores in Seattle dropped about 30.5% in the m after the city adopted a tax on such beverages, says a new study that also looked at sa stores in Portland, which has no such tax. Sales in Portland declined only 10.5%, suggesting sales in Seattle dropped much more they would have without a tax, according to the peer-reviewed study by University of at Chicago researchers. The study's results are the first to measure the impact of Seattle's tax on beverage sale