Cost Effectiveness of a Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in the U.S.

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Abstract

Reducing sugar-sweetened beverage consumption through taxation is a promising public health response to the obesity epidemic in the U.S. This study quantifies the expected health and economic benefits of a national sugar-sweetened beverage excise tax of $0.01/ounce over 10 years.

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Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Am J Prev Med

Title: American journal of preventive medicine

Publisher: Elsevier BV

ISSN (Electronic): 1873-2607

ISSN (Print): 0749-3797

Publication date (Electronic): Jul 2015

Volume: 49

Issue: 1

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[1 ] Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts. Electronic address: michael.long@mail.harvard.edu.

[2 ] Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

[3 ] Center for Health Decision Science, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.

[4 ] Deakin Health Economics, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[5 ] WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.

[6 ] WHO Collaborating Centre for Obesity Prevention, Deakin University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Section of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, the School of Population Health, University of Auckland, New Zealand.

[7 ] Department of Health Policy and Management, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York.

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Publisher Item ID: S0749-3797(15)00096-3

DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2015.03.004

PubMed ID: 26094232

SO-VID: 18272afc-4693-405c-8e95-3bff4c17b768

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