Association of a Beverage Tax on Sugar-Sweetened and Artificially Sweetened Beverages With Changes in Beverage Prices and Sales at Chain Retailers in a Large Urban Setting
Author(s) -
Christina A. Roberto,
Hannah G. Lawman,
Michael T. LeVasseur,
Nandita Mitra,
Ana Peterhans,
Bradley Herring,
Sara N. Bleich
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
jama
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 4.688
H-Index - 680
eISSN - 1538-3598
pISSN - 0098-7484
DOI - 10.1001/jama.2019.4249
Subject(s) - fluid ounce (us) , excise , revenue , medicine , sales tax , agricultural economics , consumption (sociology) , advertising , business , agricultural science , ad valorem tax , economics , finance , double taxation , social science , physics , sociology , macroeconomics , thermodynamics , environmental science
Policy makers have implemented beverage taxes to generate revenue and reduce consumption of sweetened drinks. In January 2017, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, became the second US city to implement a beverage excise tax (1.5 cents per ounce).
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