A 2016 study published in PLoS Medicine suggested that a 10% excise tax on soda "could prevent 189,300 new cases of Type 2 diabetes, 20,400 strokes and heart attacks, and 18,900 deaths among adults 35 to 94 years old" over a ten-year period.
在PLoS醫學發表的2016年研究表明，對蘇打水課徵10％的消費稅可於十年之間“預防189,300個第2型糖尿病新病例產生，以及20,400起中風和心臟病發作，還有35至94歲成年人中的18,900起死亡案例” 。