Almost a year after Mexico introduced a tax on sugary drinks, other countries look to Mexico to see the effects of the law, and several have already followed suit.
The road to a tax on soda was long and windy. A fight between the soda companies and the government headed by President Enrique Peña Nieto, which still goes on today. Here's an interesting - and very long - article on it:
The Guardian: How One of the Most Obese Countries on Earth Took On the Soda Giants