20% sugar tax on Sugary Drinks - would it stop you buying them?

Former_MSE_Andrea

You've probably seen it across the news but it's been mooted for some time.

Calls are being made to add 20% tax to sugary drinks.

Would this stop you buying them?

Do you buy them at all anyway?

And do you give them to your children?

fermi

I don't buy them now

MSE_Andrea wrote: »

Do you buy them at all anyway?

Virtually never. :cool:

LandyAndy

Never buy them.


Never gave them to my children.

Laurensalive

I do not buy fizzy drinks. I doubt this will stop the addicted buying them.

thriftylass

No, I'd cut down but not completely

Only buy them once in the blue moon and my kids don't get them anyway (4 and 1) and won't for some time yet.

beebeer

Never touch them, so tax as much as you like.

katecheshire

One of the choices should have been whether people buy them now. I never do but my partner does. I doubt if increasing tax will make a difference to him as he doesn't look at prices :eek:

pete_v

So is it a tax on fizzy drinks, or sugary drinks? You seem to use the term interchangeably, but they're not one and the same thing. I don't buy sugary drinks (not even fruit juice), but I get through quite a bit of Pepsi Max which is fizzy. Whatever else it may have in it, there's no sugar and practically no calories.

Pete

Jenwales_2

No, I'll take the "hit"!

I buy more fizzy drinks in the summer but I don't buy them more often. They always think that increasing the price of unhealthy food is the way to get people to eat heathly. These people decide to eat unhealthy. Why don't they lower the price of fruit and veg instead? Because they won't benefit. And the tax money won't go where it's meant to
Charge people who are overweight for their tablets they need because they are obese. They offer free gym memberships to them and free diet and nutrition help but it's either not enough or the people don't bother trying so why bother?
They are ok in moderation and the brand are pricey anyway

nearlyrich

I rarely buy them and never drink them myself, might get the odd bottle in for relatives at Christmas. I would never give them to children I also have cordial in for the younger ones. I know quite a few people who are totally addicted to coke and I reckon it's as bad a smoking.

Jagraf

I don't buy them now

Buy sugar free fizzy mixers / cola / lemonade occasionally. Never buy sugar fizy drinks or squash unless its sugar free.

DD is 16 and rarely has anything sweet to drink (although is sliding towards liking alcohol :cool:).

Low sugar drinks are also not good for you, but my issue was always with the teeth aspect. So not much fruit juice either relatively.

Water and milk seems to be the order of the day in our house. Except has to be full fat milk otherwise OH has a strop. And proper butter. And full fat cheese.

I started well