Health or Taxes: Which Is More Effective at Reducing Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages?

ML Morrow, J Suher, A West - Advances in Taxation, 2023 - emerald.com
This research investigates the effect of imposing a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages
(SSBs) on the likelihood of purchasing SSBs. We design and test an experimental …

Price Elasticity of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Potential Effectiveness of Tax Policy

C Mansilla, J Ofrecio, F Vigonte… - Available at SSRN …, 2023 - papers.ssrn.com
Public health policy aims to reduce unhealthy behaviors while promoting positive health
outcomes. To address the harmful impact of sugar-sweetened drinks, a tax policy has been …

Support for a hypothetical sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Taiwan

LJE Ku, CC Moo, YC Li, YH Chang… - Health promotion …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) are drinks that contain added sugar or sweeteners and
provide calories with no additional nutrients, and some countries have imposed additional …

Are sugar-sweetened beverage taxes effective? Reviewing the evidence through a marketing systems lens

M Claudy, G Doyle, L Marriott… - Journal of Public …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
The overconsumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is associated with
noncommunicable diseases such as obesity, type 2 diabetes, and cancer. Voluntary industry …

[HTML][HTML] The impact of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes by household income: A multi-city comparison of Nielsen Purchasing Data

AR Barker, S Mazzucca, R An - Nutrients, 2022 - mdpi.com
Due to the role that sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) play in the obesity epidemic, SSB
taxes have been enacted in the United States in the California cities of Albany, Berkeley …

The impact of a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages according to socio-economic position: a systematic review of the evidence

K Backholer, D Sarink, A Beauchamp… - Public health …, 2016 - cambridge.org
ObjectiveA tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) has been proposed to address
population weight gain but the effect across socio-economic position (SEP) is unclear. The …

[HTML][HTML] Evidence of a health risk 'signalling effect'following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax

M Alvarado, TL Penney, N Unwin, MM Murphy… - Food Policy, 2021 - Elsevier
Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been associated with increased rates
of obesity and type 2 diabetes, making SSBs an increasingly popular target for taxation. In …

Taxes on sugar-sweetened Beverages: political economy, and effects on prices, purchases, and consumption

J Cawley, D Frisvold - Food Policy, 2023 - Elsevier
In response to a rise in obesity and diet-related chronic diseases such as diabetes, countries
worldwide have sought ways to incentivize healthier diets. One of the most common recent …

[PDF][PDF] The health and economic impact of a tax on sugary drinks in Canada

AC Jones, JL Veerman… - … (ON): University of …, 2017 - childhoodhealthyliving.ca
BACKGROUND Sugary drinks represent an important source of sugar consumption among
Canadians. An increasing number of jurisdictions have enacted a tax on sugar-sweetened …

Taxing Sugary Drinks

RW Bahl, RM Bird - Available at SSRN 3649182, 2020 - papers.ssrn.com
Countries everywhere are considering the increasing evidence on the possible health
benefits from reducing the consumption of sugary drinks–often called sugar-sweetened …