Healthcare Association of New York State (HANYS) President Daniel Sisto called on legislative leaders to pursue smarter public health policies as a means to promote health and address the state's historic budget shortfalls. "The proposals to implement a tax on sugared beverages and increase the tax on tobacco products must be understood as sound and necessary public health policy decisions, not simply as revenue devices," Mr. Sisto said. "The benefits of both proposals are two-fold...

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