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[-] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Telling someone they should give up something that's bad for them is not stopping them from doing it.

The person you replied to is not stopping anyone from drinking soda and, as long as you have an extra 25p, no one is stopping anyone in Britain from drinking a litre of the most sugary of sodas.

[-] havocpants@lemm.ee 0 points 2 months ago

no one is stopping anyone in Britain from drinking a litre of the most sugary of sodas.

The soft drink companies stopped us. With the exception of Coke, after the sugar tax came in, all the manufacturers replaced most of the sugar in their products with sweeteners on the presumption that consumers would not pay more for sugar. So the choice was taken away from us - you can't buy the sugary versions any more!

this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2024
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