WHO urges higher taxes on sugary drinks, alcohol to curb preventable deaths

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The organisation urged countries to raise and redesign taxes as part of its new 3 by 35 initiative, which aims to increase the real prices of tobacco, alcohol and sugary drinks by 2035.

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