This statistic shows the level of agreement respondents have towards the taxation of sugary soft drinks as a way to address health damages in the United Kingdom in 2015. Of respondents, 45 percent support the idea of introducing a sugar tax.
Do you support the idea of taxing sugary soft drinks to address the damage they do to the health of the nation?
Characteristic
Share of respondents
Support the idea of a 'health tax' on sugary soft drinks
45%
Oppose the idea of a 'health tax' on sugary soft drinks
The question in the survey was phrased as follows: "There have been growing calls for sugary soft drinks to be taxed to address the damage they do to the health of the nations. Do you support this idea?"
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Harris Interactive. (July 9, 2015). Do you support the idea of taxing sugary soft drinks to address the damage they do to the health of the nation? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/533586/uk-support-to-health-tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks/
Harris Interactive. "Do you support the idea of taxing sugary soft drinks to address the damage they do to the health of the nation?." Chart. July 9, 2015. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/533586/uk-support-to-health-tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks/
Harris Interactive. (2015). Do you support the idea of taxing sugary soft drinks to address the damage they do to the health of the nation?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/533586/uk-support-to-health-tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks/
Harris Interactive. "Do You Support The Idea of Taxing Sugary Soft Drinks to Address The Damage They Do to The Health of The Nation?." Statista, Statista Inc., 9 Jul 2015, https://www.statista.com/statistics/533586/uk-support-to-health-tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks/
Harris Interactive, Do you support the idea of taxing sugary soft drinks to address the damage they do to the health of the nation? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/533586/uk-support-to-health-tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Do you support the idea of taxing sugary soft drinks to address the damage they do to the health of the nation? [Graph], Harris Interactive, July 9, 2015. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/533586/uk-support-to-health-tax-on-sugary-soft-drinks/
