UK – EuroTimes https://eurotimes.eu Exclusive European News Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:01:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.6.1 230734540 Has obesity among children in the UK decreased since the introduction of the “sugar” tax https://eurotimes.eu/2024/08/27/has-obesity-among-children-in-the-uk-decreased-since-the-introduction-of-the-sugar-tax/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 04:01:40 +0000 https://eurotimes.eu/2024/08/27/has-obesity-among-children-in-the-uk-decreased-since-the-introduction-of-the-sugar-tax/ has-obesity-among-children-in-the-uk-decreased-since-the-introduction-of-the-“sugar”-tax

More than 47,000 tonnes of sugar have been removed from soft drinks alone in the UK since the authorities introduced a two-tier system of additional taxation on them in 2018. Their producers were obliged to pay the treasury 18 pence for every five grams of sugar they put in 100 milliliters, and even 24 pence […]]]> 12500 Rishi Sunak is considering banning cigarettes in Britain https://eurotimes.eu/2023/10/01/rishi-sunak-is-considering-banning-cigarettes-in-britain/ Sun, 01 Oct 2023 20:56:42 +0000 https://eurotimes.eu/2023/10/01/rishi-sunak-is-considering-banning-cigarettes-in-britain/ 4697