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Navajos pass higher tax on junk food

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Author: 
Donna Olmstead
Year: 
2014

Navajos pass higher tax on junk food

Navajos pass higher tax on junk food
Navajos pass higher tax on junk food

The Navajo Nation Council, in its weeklong winter session, passed a tax on junk food and eliminated a tax on fresh, healthy foods Thursday.

Denisa Livingston, a healthy food advocate, worked with about 75 other members of the Diné Community Advocacy Alliance for the past two years to pass the 2 percent additional tax on sugary sodas and packaged snacks like doughnuts and chips, bringing the tax on those foods to 7 percent...

community health, health and wellness, healthy eating, sales tax, taxation
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Olmstead, Donna. "Navajos pass higher tax on junk food." Albuquerque Journal. January 31, 2014. Article. (https://www.abqjournal.com/345559/navajos-pass-higher-tax-on-junk-food.html, accessed February 3, 2014)

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