2 4 ▁can s ) ▁of ▁Co ke ▁become ▁$ 7 . 3 5 ▁more ▁expensive ▁when ▁compared ▁to ▁a ▁case ▁of ▁Diet ▁Co ke ▁or ▁Co ke ▁Zero . ▁The ▁$ 1 5 ▁million ▁Seattle ▁assumes ▁will ▁be ▁collected ▁from ▁the ▁tax ▁will ▁be ▁used ▁for ▁programs ▁that ▁give ▁access ▁to ▁more ▁f ruits ▁and ▁veget ables ▁for ▁low - in come ▁families , ▁adding ▁education ▁programs ▁and ▁studying ▁the ▁tax ▁on ▁how ▁it ▁impact s ▁behavior . ▁Seattle ▁collected ▁over ▁$ 1 7 ▁million ▁in ▁the ▁first ▁nine ▁months ▁of ▁the ▁tax ▁and ▁the ▁price ▁increase ▁has ▁mostly ▁passed ▁on ▁to ▁the ▁consum ers . ▁ ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁Washington ▁state ▁vot ers ▁approved ▁In iti ative ▁ 1 6 3 4 ▁which ▁b ans ▁new ▁tax es ▁on ▁gro c ery ▁items ▁such ▁as ▁sug ary ▁drink s , ▁blocking ▁other ▁Washington ▁cities ▁from ▁adding ▁a ▁sug ary ▁drink ▁tax . ▁Fund ing ▁for ▁the ▁" Yes ▁on ▁ 1 6 3 4 " ▁campaign ▁included ▁over ▁$ 2 0 ▁million ▁from ▁major ▁be verage ▁produ cers . ▁Both ▁pro ponents ▁and ▁oppon ents ▁of ▁the ▁initi ative ▁made ▁reference ▁to ▁Seattle ' s ▁sug ary ▁drink ▁tax . ▁ ▁Scient ific ▁studies ▁ ▁C oca - Col a ▁has ▁been ▁under ▁fire ▁since ▁ 2 0 1 5 ▁when ▁emails ▁revealed ▁that ▁fund ing ▁for ▁scientific ▁studies ▁sought ▁to ▁influence ▁research ▁to ▁be ▁more ▁favor able ▁to ▁s oda . ▁Research ▁fund ed ▁by ▁s