A Boston city councilor is hoping to kick sugar cravings to the curb by proposing a tax on sugary drinks that will be intended to make you think twice about choosing a sugary soda over water ...

Below, readers share their thoughts, concerns, and suggestions for a sugary drinks tax in Boston. “People will just go over the border to other towns to ‘stock’ up, and in the end this will ...

I don’t want regressive taxes. But I do want a market that reflects the true costs of things, and the hidden price of sugar in our diets is staggering. At a time when federal support for health ...

Taxing drinks with added sugar. Delegate Emily Shetty, a Democrat from Montgomery County, says the tax would lead to better health among Marylanders. "This bill is a public health bill," said Shetty. ...