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EDITORIAL: SNAP soft drink ban not hard call

Last week, the federal government gave Hawaii approval to make sodas, ginger beer — and all carbonated, nonalcoholic beverages suffused with 10 grams of sugar or more in each serving — off limits to buy with federal food aid or “food stamps” via the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). It’s a good call — though suffused with the irony of being recommended by U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is spreading unproven conc…

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The Garden Island broke the news in Hawaii, United States on Saturday, December 20, 2025.
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