Dec. 31 (UPI) -- SNAP users in some states face additional limits on what they can buy that take effect Thursday.
At least 18 states are banning sodas, sugary drinks and candy from being purchased with Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program funds.
The new rules in Indiana, Iowa, Nebraska, Utah and West Virginia. The other 13 states have later start dates.
"President Trump has made it clear: we are restoring SNAP to its true purpose -- nutrition. Under the [Make America Healthy Again] initiative, we are taking bold, historic steps to reverse the chronic diseases epidemic that has taken root in this country for far too long," Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins said in a statement.
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