Scottish Doctors Reject Chocolate Tax Call



3:24pm UK, Thursday March 12, 2009

Doctors in Scotland have rejected a call for chocolate to be taxed to help Britain get to grips with its obesity epidemic.



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Dr David Walker earlier called for the tax because he said he believed that chocolate was a "major player" in the problem of the country's expanding… Continue

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