For decades, the sugar industry lied about sugar’s impact on people’s health, even funding research to blame fat for heart disease, diabetes, and other ailments
Now they’re lying to Oakland residents. Big Soda is spending millions to deceive voters in an attempt to defeat Measure HH, a one cent per ounce tax on sugar-sweetened beverages — a policy that studies show reduces soda consumption — by falsely claiming that it’s a tax on all groceries.