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Admin (Retired)
- Relationship to Diabetes
- Type 1
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. >> The sales tax on cookies, chips, sodas and other junk food sold on the country’s largest American Indian reservation is going up.
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation last month to increase by 2 percent the sales tax on food with little to no nutritional value, starting next year. No other sales tax on the Navajo Nation specifically targets the spending habits of consumers. It will remain in effect until 2020, but it can be extended by the Navajo Nation Council.
Navajos advocating for a junk-food tax said they wanted to pass a bill that could serve as a model for Indian Country to improve the rates of diabetes and obesity among tribal members. Proposals targeting sugary drinks with proposed bans, size limits, tax hikes and warning labels haven’t gained widespread traction across the country.
http://www.pottsmerc.com/lifestyle/...ood-tax-to-improve-diabetes-and-obesity-rates
Navajo Nation President Ben Shelly signed legislation last month to increase by 2 percent the sales tax on food with little to no nutritional value, starting next year. No other sales tax on the Navajo Nation specifically targets the spending habits of consumers. It will remain in effect until 2020, but it can be extended by the Navajo Nation Council.
Navajos advocating for a junk-food tax said they wanted to pass a bill that could serve as a model for Indian Country to improve the rates of diabetes and obesity among tribal members. Proposals targeting sugary drinks with proposed bans, size limits, tax hikes and warning labels haven’t gained widespread traction across the country.
http://www.pottsmerc.com/lifestyle/...ood-tax-to-improve-diabetes-and-obesity-rates