November 19, 2018
Science Direct, Jennifer Pomeranz, November 19, 2018- Introduction In the U.S., federal, state, and local governments have various legal tools to support public health and prevent diet-related disease, including enacting policy and bringing lawsuits against businesses that produce harm-causing products. Yet, states preempt, or limit, government’s authority to enact public health …
November 15, 2018
The National Law Review, November 14, 2018- As previously reported , Oregon and Washington state residents headed to the polls on November 6, 2018 to vote on initiatives that would preemptively ban new soda and food taxes. Despite similarities in terms of context and likelihood to succeed, the two initiatives …
November 12, 2018
The Independent, Brandon Hansen, November 9, 2018- Results from the Nov. 6 election showed initiative I-1634 passing by just over ten points at 55.09% to 49.91% with more than 2.5 million ballots counted. The measure, backed by the soda industry, including major soda companies The Coca-Cola Co. and PepsiCo, was …
November 7, 2018
Center for Science in the Public Interest, Margo Wootan, November 6, 2018- Big Soda’s campaign to preempt local soda taxes using ballot initiatives in Washington State and Oregon is much like its campaign to get people to drink soda in the first place: big, loud, expensive, and—most of all—misleading. The industry knows …
November 5, 2018
Politico, Helena Bottemiller Evich, November 4, 2018- Voters in Oregon and Washington state are about to decide whether new soda taxes have a future here in the Pacific Northwest, but the results could reverberate far beyond the region. The two statewide ballot initiatives, if approved, would make the entire West …