▁campaign ▁to ▁disc ou rage ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Chamber ▁of ▁Deput ies ▁and ▁Senate ▁from ▁appro ving ▁the ▁ 1 0 % ▁s oda ▁tax . ▁They ▁argued ▁that ▁such ▁measure ▁would ▁not ▁help ▁reduce ▁the ▁ob es ity ▁in ▁Mexico ▁and ▁would ▁leave ▁hundreds ▁of ▁Mex icans ▁working ▁in ▁the ▁sugar ▁can e ▁industry ▁job less . ▁They ▁also ▁public ly ▁accused ▁New ▁York ▁City ▁Mayor ▁Michael ▁Blo om berg ▁of ▁orch estr ating ▁the ▁controvers ial ▁bill ▁from ▁over se as . ▁In ▁late ▁October ▁ 2 0 1 3 , ▁the ▁Mexican ▁Senate ▁approved ▁a ▁ 1 ▁M X N ▁per ▁lit re ▁tax ▁( around ▁US $ 0 . 0 8 ) ▁on ▁sod as , ▁along ▁with ▁a ▁ 5 % ▁tax ▁on ▁j unk ▁food . ▁ ▁Research ▁has ▁shown ▁that ▁Mexico ' s ▁sug ary ▁drink s ▁tax ▁reduced ▁soft ▁drink ▁consumption . ▁According ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁study ▁published ▁in ▁B M J , ▁annual ▁sales ▁of ▁sod as ▁in ▁Mexico ▁decl ined ▁ 6 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁after ▁the ▁introduction ▁of ▁the ▁s oda ▁tax . ▁Month ly ▁sales ▁figures ▁for ▁December ▁ 2 0 1 4 ▁were ▁down ▁ 1 2 % ▁on ▁the ▁previous ▁two ▁years . ▁House holds ▁with ▁the ▁few est ▁resources ▁had ▁an ▁average ▁reduction ▁in ▁purch ases ▁of ▁ 9 % ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁increasing ▁to ▁ 1 7 % ▁by ▁December . ▁Furthermore , ▁purch ases ▁of