Zhong Y, et al. - Researchers assessed the immediate impact of the Philadelphia Beverage Tax (implemented on January 1, 2017) on residents’ consumption of soda, fruit drinks, energy drinks, and bottled water. They used data from a random-digit-dialing phone survey during a no-tax period (December 6–31, 2016) and a tax period (January 15–February 31, 2017) among 899 respondents in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and 878 respondents in three nearby comparison cities. As per early results, daily consumption of regular soda, energy drinks, and bottled water was noted to be affected by the tax. In Philadelphia, lower odds of daily consumption of regular soda, energy drink, bottled water; and the 30-day regular soda consumption frequency was noted within the first 2 months of tax implementation, relative to the comparison cities.