NO: Would a sugar tax be better than a soda tax?

Would a sugar tax be better than a soda tax?

Some states have, however, tried to get more aggressive in regulating sugar. Seventeen states have a special tax they levy just on candy or snacks (the rationale for these feesactually began in the World War I era — not as a public health campaign, but as a way to raise war revenue by taxing consumption of a "luxury good.")

This approach ultimately runs into the same issue as a soda tax in that it misses a lot of the sugar in the world. A since-repealed "snack tax" in California, for example, applied to Milky Way candy bars — but not Milky Way ice cream.