og ur ts ▁and ▁drink s ▁produced ▁by ▁ret ail ers . ▁The ▁u bi qu ity ▁of ▁sugar - s we eten ed ▁be ver ages ▁and ▁their ▁appeal ▁to ▁younger ▁consum ers ▁has ▁made ▁their ▁consumption ▁a ▁subject ▁of ▁particular ▁concern ▁by ▁public ▁health ▁profession als . ▁In ▁both ▁the ▁United ▁States ▁and ▁the ▁United ▁Kingdom , ▁sugar ▁swe eten ed ▁drink s ▁are ▁the ▁top ▁cal orie ▁source ▁in ▁te en ager ' s ▁di ets . ▁ ▁A ▁French ▁study ▁published ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 9 ▁on ▁the ▁British ▁Medical ▁Journal ▁also ▁en light ed ▁a ▁possible ▁link ▁between ▁the ▁consumption ▁of ▁sug ary ▁drink s ▁( be ver ages ▁containing ▁more ▁than ▁a ▁ 5 % ▁of ▁sugar ) ▁and ▁a ▁higher ▁or ▁increased ▁risk ▁of ▁developing ▁cancer . ▁Even ▁if ▁the ▁research ers ▁were ▁unable ▁to ▁proof ▁a ▁clear ▁caus ality ▁between ▁the ▁two ▁factors , ▁they ▁stated ▁that ▁their ▁results ▁can ▁be ▁taken ▁as ▁a ▁confirm ▁that ▁" redu cing ▁the ▁amount ▁of ▁sugar ▁in ▁our ▁di et ▁is ▁extremely ▁important ." ▁ ▁D ental ▁car ies , ▁also ▁known ▁as ▁to oth ▁decay ▁or ▁dent al ▁cav ities , ▁is ▁the ▁most ▁common ▁non communic able ▁disease ▁world wide . ▁Sug ary ▁drink ▁tax es ▁have ▁been ▁discussed ▁as ▁a ▁potential ▁means ▁to ▁reduce ▁the ▁health ▁and ▁economic ▁bur den ▁of ▁dent al ▁car ies . ▁ ▁Com parison ▁to ▁to b acco ▁tax es ▁Pro ponents ▁of ▁s oda ▁tax es ▁c ite