Advertising and Stocking at Small Retailers: A Sweetened Beverage Excise Tax in Philadelphia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In 2017, Philadelphia enacted a $0.015 per ounce excise tax on SBs that covered both sugar-sweetened beverages and artificially-sweetened beverages, which reduced purchasing and consumption. This study assessed whether the tax also changed beverage advertising or stocking practices that could influence consumer behavior among stores in Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Philadelphia-adjacent counties not subject to the tax.

Methods

Using a longitudinal difference-in-differences approach, beverage advertising and availability changes were evaluated from 4-month pretax to 6-, 12-, and 24-month post-implementation in small independent stores in Philadelphia (n=34) and Philadelphia-adjacent counties (n=38) versus Baltimore (n=43), a demographically similar city without a

SUBMITTER: Lee MM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922562 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature