▁ 1 3 2 , 0 0 0 ▁adult s , ▁found ▁that ▁foc using ▁on ▁sugar ▁in ▁isol ation ▁mis le ads ▁consum ers ▁as ▁reducing ▁fat ▁int ake ▁is ▁also ▁cru cial ▁to ▁reducing ▁ob es ity . ▁ ▁From ▁an ▁oppos ing ▁stand point , ▁Professor ▁Robert ▁L ust ig ▁of ▁the ▁University ▁of ▁California , ▁San ▁Francisco ▁School ▁of ▁Medicine , ▁has ▁argued ▁that ▁the ▁UK ▁tax ▁measure ▁may ▁not ▁go ▁far ▁enough ▁and ▁that , ▁" ju ice ▁should ▁be ▁tax ed ▁the ▁same ▁way ▁as ▁s oda ▁because ▁from ▁a ▁met abol ic ▁stand point ▁ju ice ▁is ▁the ▁same ▁as ▁s oda ." ▁Camp aign ers ▁have ▁since ▁called ▁for ▁the ▁soft ▁drink s ▁tax ▁to ▁be ▁extended ▁to ▁include ▁con fection ery ▁and ▁swe ets ▁to ▁help ▁tack le ▁child hood ▁ob es ity . ▁ ▁United ▁States ▁ ▁The ▁United ▁States ▁does ▁not ▁have ▁a ▁nation wide ▁s oda ▁tax , ▁but ▁a ▁few ▁of ▁its ▁cities ▁have ▁passed ▁their ▁own ▁tax ▁and ▁the ▁U . S . ▁has ▁seen ▁a ▁growing ▁debate ▁around ▁tax ing ▁s oda ▁in ▁various ▁cities , ▁states ▁and ▁even ▁in ▁Congress ▁in ▁recent ▁years . ▁A ▁few ▁states ▁imp ose ▁exc ise ▁tax es ▁on ▁bott led ▁soft ▁drink s ▁or ▁on ▁wh oles al ers , ▁manufact ur ers , ▁or ▁distrib utors ▁of ▁soft ▁drink s . ▁ ▁American ▁local ities ▁with ▁a ▁s oda ▁tax ▁Philadelphia ▁and ▁Ber keley ▁are ▁the ▁first ▁two ▁cities ▁to