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Item Calls for taxing soda pop(2012-02-24) Engebretson, Mark; Roger FeldmanWelcome to Public Health Moment from the University of Minnesota. An increasing number of public health experts are calling for a soda pop tax as a way to combat obesity, diabetes, and heart disease, while reducing health care costs. Roger Feldman, a professor and health policy expert at the University of Minnesota, recently wrote an op/ed on the subject. Feldman said he’s confident a pop tax would work, based on our history with cigarette taxes. For Public Health Moment, I’m Mark Engebretson.