Sweetened beverage taxes: Economic benefits and costs according to household income.

Autor: Jones-Smith JC; University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, 3980 15 Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.; University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 3980 15 Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States., Knox MA; University of Washington, Department of Economics, 305 Savery Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States., Coe NB; University of Pennsylvania, Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, 423 Guardian Drive, Blockley Hall, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States., Walkinshaw LP; University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, 3980 15 Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States., Schoof J; University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 3980 15 Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States., Hamilton D; University of Washington, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, 206 Raitt Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States., Hurvitz PM; University of Washington, Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, 206 Raitt Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.; University of Washington, Urban Form Lab, 45th Street, Suite 535, Seattle, WA 98105, United States., Krieger J; University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Health Systems and Population Health, 3980 15 Ave NE, Seattle, WA 98195, United States.; Healthy Food America, PO Box 22260, Seattle, WA 98122, United States.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Food policy [Food Policy] 2022 Jul; Vol. 110. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jun 02.
DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2022.102277
Abstrakt: Taxing sweetened beverages has emerged as an important and effective policy for addressing their overconsumption. However, taxes may place a greater economic burden on people with lower incomes. We assess the degree to which sweetened beverage taxes in three large US cities placed an inequitable burden on populations with lower incomes by assessing spending on beverage taxes by income after taxes have been implemented, as well as any net transfer of funds towards lower income populations once allocation of tax revenue is considered. We find that while lower income populations pay a higher percentage of their income in beverage taxes, there is no difference in absolute spending on beverage taxes per capita, and that there is a sizable net transfer of funds towards programs targeting lower income populations. Thus, when considering both population-level taxes paid and sufficiently targeted allocations of tax revenues, a sweetened beverage tax may have characteristics of an equitable public policy.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
Databáze: MEDLINE
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