▁More ▁recently , ▁Finland ▁re int rodu ced ▁an ▁earlier ▁soft ▁drink ▁tax ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 1 , ▁while ▁Hung ary ▁tax es ▁sug ary ▁drink s ▁as ▁part ▁of ▁its ▁ 2 0 1 1 ▁public ▁health ▁product ▁tax , ▁which ▁covers ▁all ▁food ▁products ▁with ▁un he alth y ▁levels ▁of ▁sugar . ▁France ▁introduced ▁a ▁target ed ▁sugar ▁tax ▁on ▁soft ▁drink s ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 2 . ▁At ▁a ▁national ▁level , ▁similar ▁measures ▁have ▁also ▁been ▁announced ▁in ▁Mexico ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁and ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 6 . ▁In ▁November ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁Ber keley , ▁California ▁was ▁the ▁first ▁city ▁in ▁the ▁U . S . ▁to ▁pass ▁a ▁target ed ▁tax ▁on ▁sug ary ▁drink s . ▁ ▁Health ▁concerns ▁ ▁Type ▁II ▁di ab etes ▁is ▁a ▁growing ▁health ▁concern ▁in ▁many ▁developed ▁and ▁developing ▁countries ▁around ▁the ▁world , ▁with ▁ 1 . 6 ▁million ▁death s ▁directly ▁due ▁to ▁this ▁disease ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁alone . ▁Un like ▁sugar ▁from ▁food , ▁the ▁sugar ▁from ▁drink s ▁enters ▁the ▁body ▁so ▁quickly ▁that ▁it ▁can ▁over load ▁the ▁pan cre as ▁and ▁the ▁li ver , ▁leading ▁to ▁di ab etes ▁and ▁heart ▁disease ▁over ▁time . ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 0 ▁study ▁said ▁that ▁cons uming ▁one ▁to ▁two ▁sug ary ▁drink s ▁a ▁day ▁increases ▁your ▁risk ▁of ▁developing ▁di ab