Effect of excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages in Catalonia, Spain, three and a half years after its introduction.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organisation urges countries to levy specific excise taxes on SSBs. Currently, more than 50 countries have introduced some type of tax on SSBs. In March 2017, the Autonomous Region of Catalonia approved the introduction of a tiered excise tax on SSBs for public health reasons. To evaluate the effect of the Catalonian excise tax on the price and purchase of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and their possible substitutes, i.e., non-sugar-sweetened beverages (NSSBs) and bottled water, three and half years after its introduction, and 1 year after the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Methods

We analysed purchase data on soft drinks, fruit drinks and water, sourced from the Ministry of Agriculture food-consumption panel, in a random sample of 12,500 h

SUBMITTER: Royo-Bordonada MA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8917362 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature