(See also Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, 15.000; Environmental Health, 90.000; Health Insurance Coverage, 120.000; Mental Illness, 205.000; Nuclear War, Weapons and Terrorism, 215.000; Peer Review, 225.000; Reimbursement, 265.000; Vaccines, 312.000; Violence and Abuse, 315.000; Weight Management & Promotion of Healthy Lifestyles, 320.000)
260.872 Establish a Tax on Sugar Sweetened Beverages for Public Physical and Fiscal Health
The Medical Society of the State of New York supports that funds raised through taxes on Sugar Sweetened Beverages (SSBs) be used to support the New York State Prevention Agenda – the state’s health improvement plan for state and local action to improve the health and well-being of all New Yorkers (HOD 2024-156, referred to Council; substitute adopted 11/21/24)
