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Isn’t that just the caffeine in the milk tea?

And sugar, and fat, if this is the milk tea I'm thinking of (aka bubble tea / boba tea)

It's often a social event too so could be related to the "addiction" of hanging out with friends.

lots of sugar. A typical large bubble tea contains 11 spoons of sugar. The total recommended daily sugar consumption of foods and drinks is 7 spoons.

And plenty of studies have linked excess sugar with depression [1]

And I'm sure many people have more than 1 cup per day of bubble tea too.

[1]: https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-to-know-about-sugar-and-depr....

Yes. Some vendors allow you to control the sugar content, at least. I had ordered a drink with "light" sugar once (1/4 of normal amount) and it still tasted plenty sweet to me, and probably still topped at 350-400 calories. I usually never drink my calories.

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So would the wise policy in this case be to restrict people's access to milk products?

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