Senate Hearing on Statewide Soda Tax

SEATTLE, Wash.-A tax on Soda that is currently only in place in Seattle, could go statewide.

The statewide proposal is for a 1.75 cent per ounce tax on sugary beverages on drinks containing 20 calories per 12 ounces of sugar.

Dr. Marianne Bauman, a primary care doctor and member of the National Board of the American Heart Association said, "I’m a big fan of the soda tax. I’m a primary care doctor, and so I have seen so many of the devastating consequences of the diseases, like hypertension and diabetes, obesity, and what it does to people and families, and we know that sugary drinks are the leading source of sugars in the American diet, and they increase the risk of these diseases, so anything I can do to help to change that trajectory? I’m very much passionate about.”