The Association Of A Sweetened Beverage Tax With Changes In Beverage Prices And Purchases At Independent Stores
The Association Of A Sweetened Beverage Tax With Changes In Beverage Prices And Purchases At Independent Stores
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10.1377/hlthaff.2019.01058
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发表时间：
2020-07-01
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9.7
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Roberto, Christina A.
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Bleich, Sara N.;Lawman, Hannah G.;Roberto, Christina A.
2017年1月，宾夕法尼亚州费城对含糖或人工甜味剂的饮料征收每盎司1.5美分的消费税。小型独立商店是一个重要的，但研究不足的设置。在城市和低收入地区，人们经常光顾这些商店，含糖饮料是其中最常购买的物品。我们比较了费城和马里兰州的一个免税控制城市巴尔的摩的小型独立商店在税收实施前后12个月的饮料价格和购买量的变化。我们的样本包括134家商店的价格数据和4，584名客户购买。与巴尔的摩相比，费城的征税饮料价格上涨幅度明显更大（每盎司1.81美分，即税收的120.4%），征税后销售的征税饮料数量下降幅度明显更大（5.76盎司，即38.9%）。饮料消费税可能是减少小型独立商店购买加糖饮料的有效政策工具，特别是在含糖饮料消费风险较高的人群中。
In January 2017 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, implemented an excise tax of 1.5 cents per ounce on beverages sweetened with sugar or artificial sweeteners. Small independent stores are an important yet understudied setting. They are visited frequently in urban and low-income areas, and sugary beverages are among the most commonly purchased items in them. We compared changes in beverage prices and purchases before and twelve months after tax implementation at small independent stores in Philadelphia and an untaxed control city, Baltimore, Maryland. Our sample included 134 stores with price data and 4,584 customer purchases. Compared with Baltimore, Philadelphia experienced significantly greater increases in the price of taxed beverages (1.81 cents per ounce, or 120.4 percent of the tax) and significantly larger declines in the volume of taxed beverages sold (5.76 ounces, or 38.9 percent) after tax implementation. Beverage excise taxes may be an effective policy tool for decreasing the purchase of sweetened drinks in small independent stores, particularly among populations at higher risk for sugar-sweetened beverage consumption.