Many manufactured food and drink products contain hogh levels of sugar, which causes many health problems. Sugary products should be made more expensive to encourage people to consume less sugar. Do you agree or disagree.

Most of the tin-packed
products
have high
sugar
contents, which is affecting the health of the
people
, so increasing the price of
such
foods and
drinks
may limit their use. I strongly disagree with
this
statement , because,
increasing
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cost
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will not affect the public, they will still buy
such
products
.
Secondly
, other local companies may start producing alternative
drinks
. I will explain my opinion with examples. The foremost reason for disagreeing with the statement is that
,
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majority
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of the
people
, buying
such
products
, are usually from the upper to middle classes, so they will keep buying
such
drinks
.
People
will keep purchasing these
products
even if their costs are too high,
this
is
due to
their dependency on
such
drinks
. To illustrate, A study was conducted in Pakistan in 2012,
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rapid
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surge of oral cancer in the young generation, they found out cigarette smoking was the main culprit behind oral cancer, so
government
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, raised the price of cigarettes to lower the rates of cancer,
however
, they failed, because
people
were still buying cigarettes, as they were dependent on them.
Furthermore
, if the rates of sugary foods are raised, so
the
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local companies will start producing, like-wise
products
in
less amount
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and they may have more
sugar
in them.
For instance
, in India, Pepsi drink was one of the most sold
products
in
last
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15 years,
however
,
due to
some reasons, its import was banned for 01 month,
however
, local industries started producing alternative
drinks
, with similar colour and taste, but when food regulatory authority inspected
this
drink, they discovered, that
this
drink had similar 35 times more
sugar
in it and was unhealthy.
To conclude
,
sugar
-based
products
are dangerous for
the
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people
, as
this
increases heart disease and causes obesity, but increasing the price of foods that have
sugar
will not stop
people
from buying them.
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Consider providing a balanced view by acknowledging some merits of increasing prices of sugary foods, even if you disagree overall.
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Ensure that each paragraph clearly supports your main argument to maintain logical structure and coherence.
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Include clear signposting phrases to improve the flow of ideas between paragraphs.
coherence cohesion
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The use of examples to illustrate points helps clarify your arguments.

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