Is Taxing Pop Really a Solution?

This post was a bit surprising for me because I never thought that people are still very conscious on what they consume to be fit and healthy. In many years, different advertisements, campaigns, and commercials are being made to show people what food is right to eat and to know which is junk. Schools also support this program by replacing chips and chocolates with granola bars. Physical activities are also being instituted by schools. The cafeterias also cook healthy foods. Instead of frying French fries, they are now baked. One commercial was made by the New York Health Department where a man is drinking a pop but instead of the pop flowing into his mouth, it was fatty liquids. This kind of scare campaign was very effective; people will really be disgusted and stop drinking pop. When I watched the commercial, I was disgusted at first but it didn’t stop me from drinking. The good thing is I don’t always drink pop because I prefer to drink water. There is one problem though for pop-drinkers, after a while of refraining from drinking they will be back on the habit of drinking pop. The growing obesity in our nation is an epidemic of large proportions. Almost all of the food we eat are unhealthy and cause us to grow fat. Even though we eat vegetables like potato it can be unhealthy if it was turned into French fries which contain a lot of oil. Most of the foods we have are cooked with oil so it can be very hard to prevent having fatty foods. If the government of Canada put taxes on pops and chips, I would be ready to pay large sums of money on chips because I rarely eat them. I also prefer water than pop so It won’t bother me if they put taxes on pop.