Last week Boris Johnson, our potential next Prime Minister, cast doubt on the effectiveness of health-related taxes on foods and beverages to help improve health and promised to put related existing policies and future plans under review. Is that really necessary?

We have written a brief blog post as a response. You can read it here:

https://www.lshtm.ac.uk/newsevents/expert-opinion/boris-johnsons-unsure-should-we-have-faith-sin-taxes-help-tackle-obesity