Is it time to treat sugar like smoking?

From the smoking ban in 2007 to the introduction of plain packaging a decade later, everything has been done to discourage people from taking up the habit. Image copyright
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All cigarettes must be sold in plain green packaging with health warnings

But what is clear from the last decade is that the unlikely can soon become likely. Evidence from Australia – the first nation to introduce plain packaging for tobacco products – suggests a quarter of the subsequent reduction in smoking rates could be attributed to the move.

Source: www.bbc.com