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<blockquote data-quote="jddukes" data-source="post: 942815" data-attributes="member: 49946"><p>Sure it is clear that education is also necessary but quick results (quicker than cam be accomplished through education alone) can and have been seen by raising orices/adding a tax. For example, the Scottish minimum alcohol unit pricing is not effective through education but financing.</p><p></p><p>The point is you could drink a small amount and never impact health but it being a cheap option only encourages it. Now take sugary drinks. They are often cheaper than bottled water and like in America some places will offer free refills. The sensible drinker would not be affected. Why not make low sugar alternatives more prevelant and cheaper? If you do not drink diet coke when out you literally have no alternative except water (not everyone likes coke).</p><p></p><p>It's not like diabetics do not have options. You can get glucotabs, gels, all sorts. I suspect people prefer jelly babies due to taste, but you could have other things equally as effective if you didn't want to pay a sweets tax.</p><p></p><p>I just struggle to get my head around why people - mostly who get their meds if in the UK for free anyway - don't want to pay 20p more when that would be saving 100s of lives, complications, etc. And even more so the fact that the biggest problem is with those hardest to educate - teenagers! What is a 14yr old going to buy from a shop with £1 if they are thirsty: a sugary drink or a bottle of water?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="jddukes, post: 942815, member: 49946"] Sure it is clear that education is also necessary but quick results (quicker than cam be accomplished through education alone) can and have been seen by raising orices/adding a tax. For example, the Scottish minimum alcohol unit pricing is not effective through education but financing. The point is you could drink a small amount and never impact health but it being a cheap option only encourages it. Now take sugary drinks. They are often cheaper than bottled water and like in America some places will offer free refills. The sensible drinker would not be affected. Why not make low sugar alternatives more prevelant and cheaper? If you do not drink diet coke when out you literally have no alternative except water (not everyone likes coke). It's not like diabetics do not have options. You can get glucotabs, gels, all sorts. I suspect people prefer jelly babies due to taste, but you could have other things equally as effective if you didn't want to pay a sweets tax. I just struggle to get my head around why people - mostly who get their meds if in the UK for free anyway - don't want to pay 20p more when that would be saving 100s of lives, complications, etc. And even more so the fact that the biggest problem is with those hardest to educate - teenagers! What is a 14yr old going to buy from a shop with £1 if they are thirsty: a sugary drink or a bottle of water? [/QUOTE]
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