Thailand plans salt tax to ease rising health concerns, but experts urge broader action

Thailand plans salt tax to ease rising health concerns, but experts urge broader action

Thailand's plan to introduce a tiered salt tax in a bid to curb soaring rates of high blood pressure and kidney disease has sparked debate over whether price measures can succeed where education campaigns have struggled.

Surasak agreed that a raft of other measures needs to be more widely implemented, including targeted public messaging, working with local authorities to help street food sellers reformulate their rec… [+1747 chars]