Some think that heavy-handed governmental taxation is the only way to compel healthier eating. In my opinion,while this makes rational sense, its actual effectiveness is questionable. Those that argue in favour of these taxes can point to a logical chain of suppositions. Though taxes on unhealthy foods are rare ,there is the occasional mandated price hike for sugary drinks and fast food ,smoking is an instructive corollary. Several decades after research showed that smoking causes cancer ,governments are able to push through legislation to tax cigarettes heavily. The result was that those already addicted to smoking continued to smoke but many people did not pick up the habit to begin with. Proponents argue this would also be the case when it comes to foods known to cause cardiovascular disease ,diabetes and cancer .many would eat them despite higher prices but the next generation would become more health conscious and that would further trickle down to their children . T...