SAN FRANCISCO – Seven months after local voters rejected San Francisco’s proposed tax on sugary drinks, city lawmakers changed tactics this week in hopes of curbing soft drink consumption.

Reuters reports that a three-person panel of San Francisco supervisors voted on Monday to advance a package of laws that zeros in on soda and other sugar-sweetened beverages, including what would be the first “warning label” on these products in the United States.

“Drinking beverages with added sugar leads to obesity, diabetes and tooth decay. This is a message from the City and County of San Francisco," the proposed warning label on the beverages would read.

The proposals would also seek to ban advertising of sugary drinks on city property and ban city departments from purchasing sugar-sweetened beverages.

Supervisor Eric Mar alluded to the proposal as “round two in the battle against Big Soda” after San Francisco voters rejected a proposed 2-cents-per-ounce soda tax in in 2014.

Lisa Katic, a representative for the American Beverage Association, told the San Francisco panel that “important facts were missing from their discussion” on the sources of obesity, such as inactivity, genetics and overconsumption of food items like pizza and burgers. “When we get into warning collective audiences of people, it’s ineffective,” she said. “People are tired of being told what they can’t do and can’t have.”

The proposals now head to the full board for consideration.