“doesn’t work alone”

T. Babor et al. Alcohol: No Ordinary Commodity – Research and Public Policy. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003).

“doesn’t work alone”

G. Edwards et al.  “Retail Price Influences on Alcohol Consumption, and Taxation on Alcohol as a Prevention Strategy,” In: Alcohol Policy and the Public Good, ed. G. Edwards (New York: Oxford, 1994), p.109.

“such as drunk driving”

T.K. Greenfield et al. "Alcohol Warning Labels for Prevention: National Survey Results,” Alcohol Health Res. World 17 (1993): 67.

“touched the problem”

R. West. “What Lessons Can Be Learned from Tobacco Control for Combating the Growing Prevalence of Obesity?”, Obesity Rev. 8 (1) (2007): 145.

“efficacy in isolation”

H.L. Walls et al. “Public Health Campaigns and Obesity – a Critique,” BMC Public Health 11 (2011): 136.

“efficacy in isolation”

C. Gonzalez-Suarez et al. “School-Based Interventions on Childhood Obesity: A Meta-Analysis,” Am. J. Prev. Med. 37  (2009): 418.

“successes in obesity prevention”

C.C. Kamath et al. “Clinical Review: Behavioral Interventions to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Systematic Review and Meta-analyses of Randomized Trials,” J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 93 (12) (2008): 4606.

“impacts of consumption”

R. Room et al. “International Regulation of Alcohol,” BMJ 337 (2008): a2364.

“lung cancer and emphysema”

R.L. Siegel et al. “Cancer Statistics, 2020,” CA 70 (1) (2020): 7.

“reduce nicotine levels”

Food and Drug Administration, “FDA Announces Comprehensive Regulatory Plan to Shift Trajectory of Tobacco-Related Disease, Death,” July 27, 2017.

“should kick in”

R.H. Lustig et al. “The Toxic Truth About Sugar,” Nature 487 (5) (2012): 27.

“those same twenty years”

M.C. Fiore. “Tobacco Control in the Obama Era – Substantial Progress, Remaining Challenges,” N. Engl. J. Med. 375 (15) (2016): 1410.

“increased commensurately”

The Street.  “Big Tobacco Takes Its Last Drag as Economic Change Looms.” Forbes, Sept 6, 2013.

“billion annually”

C. Verghese et al. “Screening for Lung Cancer Has Limited Effectiveness Globally and Distracts from Much Needed Efforts to Reduce the Critical Worldwide Prevalence of Smoking and Related Morbidity and Mortality,” J. Global Oncology 4  (2018):

“smoker died at age”

P. Jha et al. ” 21st Century Hazards of Smoking and Benefits of Cessation in the United States,” N. Engl. J. Med. 368  (2013): 341.

“billion for the government”

Tobacco Tax Revenue and Forecast in the United States from 2000 to 2025. Statista. Mar 4, 2020.

“consumption started to decline”

L.D. Johnston et al.  Monitoring the Future National Survey Results on Drug Use 1975-2018: Overview, Key Findings on Adolescent Drug Use. (Ann Arbor: University of Michigan, 2019).

“just up from fast food”

T. Andreyeva et al. “The Impact of Food Prices on Consumption: A Systematic Review of Research on the Price Elasticity of Demand for Food,” Am J Public Health 100  (2010): 216.

“as we saw in Mexico”

M.A. Colchero et al. “In Mexico, Evidence of Sustained Consumer Response Two Years after Implementing a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax,” Health Aff 36 (3) (2017): 564.

“reduce general consumption”

A.D.M. Briggs et al. “Health Impact Assessment of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: A Comparative Risk Assessment Modelling Study,” Lancet Public Health 2 (1) (2016): e15.

“you read that right”

R.H. Lustig. “Sickeningly Sweet: Does Sugar Cause Diabetes? Yes,” Can. J. Diabetes 40  (2016): 282.

“fund to depletion”

Congressional Budget Office.  “Social Security.” (Washington: U.S. Government, 2019).

“Party Conference”

R. Arthur et al.  “Sugar Taxes: The Global Picture.” Food Navigator, Dec 18, 2019.

“also a commodity”

R.J. Myers et al. “A Century of Research on Agricultural Markets,” Am. J. Agr. Econ. 92  (2014): 376.

“Dakota 5.3 percent”

K. Amadeo.  “Farm Subsidies with Pros, Cons, and Impact How Farm Subsidies Affect You.” The Balance. July 4, 2019.

“food spending”

Economic Research Service. “Food Dollar Documentation” (Washington, DC: USDA, 2020).

“$4.3 billion or 6.7 percent”

Stats Canada. “Statscan Reports Drastic Decline in Net Farm Income for 2018.” Real Agriculture, May 28, 2019.

“are sugar and corn”

J.M. Alston et al.  Farm Subsidies and Obesity in the United States. (Berkeley: University of California, 2007).

“All three of us are the sickest nations”

P. Menzel. “Hungry Planet: What the World Eats – in Pictures.” The Guardian, May 6, 2019.

“put in place”

E.S. Epel et al. “Association of a Workplace Sales Ban on Sugar-Sweetened Beverages with Employee Consumption of Sugar Sweetened Beverages and Health,” JAMA Int. Med. 180 (2020): 1.

“with the punishment”

L.A. Schmidt et al.  “Towards Evidence-Based Policies for Reduction of Dietary Sugars: Lessons from the Alcohol Experience,” In: Dietary Sugars and Health, ed. M.I. Goran et al. (Milton Park, UK: Taylor and Francis, 2014), p.371.

“economic productivity improved”

R. Room. “The Effects of Nordic Alcohol Policies: What Happens to Drinking and Harm When Alcohol Controls Change?” Pub. 42 (Helsinki: Nordic Council for Alcohol and Drug Research, 2002).