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Sugar Tax

Sugar Tax is a form of excise duty, categorized under indirect taxation, that is specifically imposed on the production, importation, or sale of sugary beverages or foods high in added sugars to discourage excessive sugar consumption and mitigate associated public health costs.

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461

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2017–2026

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168

Ounces of Prevention — The Public Policy Case for Taxes on Sugared Beverages

Kelly D. Brownell, Thomas R. Frieden · New England Journal of Medicine · 2009 · 529 citations · Full text

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Overall and income specific effect on prevalence of overweight and obesity of 20% sugar sweetened drink tax in UK: econometric and comparative risk assessment modelling study

Adam Briggs, Oliver Mytton, Ariane Kehlbacher et al. · BMJ · 2013 · 285 citations · Full text

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Estimating the potential of taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages to reduce consumption and generate revenue

Tatiana Andreyeva, Frank J. Chaloupka, Kelly D. Brownell · Preventive Medicine · 2011 · 253 citations

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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

Christina A. Roberto, Hannah G. Lawman, Michael T. LeVasseur et al. · JAMA · 2019 · 240 citations · Full text

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Should We Tax Sugar-Sweetened Beverages? An Overview of Theory and Evidence

Hunt Allcott, Benjamin Lockwood, Dmitry Taubinsky · The Journal of Economic Perspectives · 2019 · 237 citations · Full text

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Authors

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    Karen Hofman

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    12 publications · 538 citations

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  2. LM
    Lisa M. Powell

    University of Illinois Chicago, United States

    9 publications · 300 citations

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  3. SA
    Safura Abdool Karim

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    8 publications · 181 citations

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  4. BM
    Barry M. Popkin

    University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, United States

    6 publications · 670 citations

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  5. AE
    Agnes Erzse

    University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa

    7 publications · 216 citations

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Institutions

247

  1. University of the Witwatersrand

    Johannesburg, South Africa

    13 h-index

    46 publications

    1.9K citations

  2. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Chapel Hill, United States

    12 h-index

    20 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. South African Medical Research Council

    Cape Town, South Africa

    10 h-index

    30 publications

    1.4K citations

  4. University of Illinois Chicago

    Chicago, United States

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    1.2K citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    10 h-index

    17 publications

    424 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    1.5K citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    6 h-index

    12 publications

    301 citations

  8. Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública

    Cuernavaca, Mexico

    6 h-index

    16 publications

    1.6K citations

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  1. Public Health Nutrition

    PNH · 7 publications · 230 citations

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  2. PLoS ONE

    7 publications · 367 citations

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  3. Economics & Human Biology

    6 publications · 414 citations

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  4. PLoS Medicine

    6 publications · 695 citations

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  5. Food Policy

    5 publications · 250 citations

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