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While this may seem like a hard thing to accomplish, it has been done before and the results are very impressive. In 1998 the US decided on a Tobacco settlement. The tobacco companies agreed to switch from marketing “pro” smoking, to start the show the harmful affects that smoking has. Since this was set into affect, more than half of the smokers have quit, and the smoking rates are half of what they were. The unhealthy foods that have been proposed to have higher taxes have a direct link to Type 2 diabetes and other heart affects. The essay states that while you may be drinking a sugary drink, it is not in place of something unhealthy, it is in addition to. Which is adding to the daily calorie intake. The idea is that the money from the taxes will be used to lower health care costs, and help farmers who produce healthy items have a cheaper production.