▁a ▁sugar ▁tax . ▁ ▁Chile ▁In ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁a ▁measure ▁was ▁passed ▁to ▁increase ▁tax ▁on ▁sug ary ▁drink s , ▁and ▁reduce ▁tax ▁on ▁low - s ug ar ▁drink s . ▁The ▁tax ▁rate ▁was ▁increased ▁from ▁ 1 3 % ▁to ▁ 1 8 %, ▁for ▁drink s ▁containing ▁ 6 . 2 5 g ▁added ▁sugar ▁per ▁ 1 0 0 ml . ▁In ▁contrast , ▁the ▁tax ▁rate ▁on ▁drink s ▁with ▁less ▁added ▁sugar ▁was ▁decre ased ▁to ▁ 1 0 %. ▁ ▁This ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁a ▁ 2 1 . 6 % ▁decrease ▁in ▁the ▁consumption ▁of ▁sug ary ▁drink s . ▁ ▁Colombia ▁A ▁ 2 0 1 6 ▁proposal ▁for ▁a ▁ 2 0 % ▁sug ary ▁drink ▁tax , ▁campaign ed ▁by ▁Edu car ▁Cons um id ores , ▁was ▁turned ▁down ▁by ▁the ▁Colomb ian ▁legisl ature ▁despite ▁popular ▁support ▁for ▁it . ▁S oda ▁is ▁often ▁less ▁expensive ▁than ▁bott led ▁water ▁in ▁Colombia . ▁ ▁Den mark ▁ ▁Den mark ▁instit uted ▁a ▁soft ▁drink ▁tax ▁in ▁the ▁ 1 9 3 0 s ▁( it ▁amount ed ▁to ▁ 1 . 6 4 ▁Dan ish ▁kr one ▁per ▁liter ), ▁but ▁announced ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 3 ▁that ▁they ▁were ▁going ▁to ▁abol ish ▁it ▁along ▁with ▁an ▁equally ▁un pop ular ▁fat ▁tax , ▁with ▁the ▁goal ▁of ▁creating ▁jobs ▁and ▁helping ▁the ▁local ▁economy . ▁Crit ics ▁claimed ▁that ▁the