The benefits and challenges of taxing sugar in a small island state: an interrupted time series analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Beverage and food taxes have become a popular 'best buy' public health intervention in the global battle to tackle noncommunicable diseases. Though many countries have introduced taxes, mainly targeting products containing sugar, there is great heterogeneity in tax design. For taxes levied as import tariffs, there is limited evidence of effectiveness in changing the price and sale of taxed products, while the evidence base is stronger for excise taxes levied as a fixed amount per quantity of product. This paper examines the effect of the Bermuda Discretionary Foods Tax, which was based on import tariff changes, on retail prices and sales of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), and on selected fruits and vegetables that benefited from a tariff reduction.

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SUBMITTER: Segal AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9202202 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature