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Brigham Young University Ends Caffeinated Soda Ban

PROVO, UT -- Brigham Young University has ended a ban on the sale of caffeinated soft drinks on campus that had been in place since the mid-1950s. The Mormon church-owned university never banned caffeinated drinks on campus, but stuck to its ban on their sale, even after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2012 clarified that its health practices do not prevent members from drinking them. Officials said increasing demand from school's body of 33,000 students prompted the change.

September 25, 2017

PROVO, UT -- Brigham Young University has ended a ban on the sale of caffeinated soft drinks on campus that had been in place since the mid-1950s.

The Mormon church-owned university never banned caffeinated drinks on campus, but stuck to its ban on their sale, even after the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in 2012 clarified that its health practices do not prevent members from drinking them.

Officials said increasing demand from school's body of 33,000 students prompted the change.