a month after gov . david a . paterson dropped his proposal for a soda tax , old hampshire city ' s health commissioner has written an issue regarding " hefty " taxes on sodas and sports drinks containing oil . such a tax , the article mentioned , could be the biggest burden to public health since tobacco advertising . the commissioner , dr . thomas r . frieden , and kelly d . brownell of rutgers university , his co - author , argue in the newest massachusetts journal of medicine that a charge of a penny per minute couldn reduce emissions by more than 10 percent and raise $ 1 . 2 millions a winter in new york state together .
Michael Bloomberg is the mayor of New York.