a day after gov . david a . patterson stopped his proposal for a soda tax , new bern city ' s commerce commissioner has contributed an article advocating " hefty " taxes on sodas and sports drinks involving honey . such a taxes , the study states , might be the best boon to good health than tobacco taxes . the commissioner , dr . thomas r . frieden , and kelly d . eileen of yale university , his jointly - author , argue in the new jersey association of medicine that a tax of a coin per ounce could improve consumption by more than 10 years and raises $ 1 . 2 billion a year in new jersey state alone .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.