Accelerating the Worldwide Adoption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Strengthening Commitment and Capacity Comment on "The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivizing Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behavior"
Accelerating the Worldwide Adoption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Taxes: Strengthening Commitment and Capacity Comment on "The Untapped Power of Soda Taxes: Incentivizing Consumers, Generating Revenue, and Altering Corporate Behavior"
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DOI：
10.15171/ijhpm.2017.127
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发表时间：
2018-05-01
影响因子：
3.5
通讯作者：
Thow, Anne Marie
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作者：
Baker, Phillip;Jones, Alexandra;Thow, Anne Marie
在他们最近的文章中，Roache和Gostin概述了为什么政府和公共健康倡导者应该接受汽水税。强有力的证据表明，这种税收可以改变消费者的行为，产生可观的收入，并激励产品重新配方。从本质上讲，这类税收是财政和公共卫生政策的重要工具，现已得到完善。在这篇评论中，我们通过考虑如何在世界范围内进一步加速采用这种税收来扩展他们的论点。首先，我们确定了迄今为止世界上哪些地方已经实施了税收，哪些地方尚未开发的潜力仍然最大。其次，根据最近对国家经验的案例研究，我们描述了政府在未来更有可能将税收作为政治优先事项的几种情况。第三，我们考虑如何帮助加强政府设计和有效管理税收的技术和法律能力，重点是低收入和中等收入国家。我们希望这些发现对公共卫生倡导者和政策制定者最有用，以促进更健康的饮食和良好的营养。
In their recent article Roache and Gostin outline why governments and public health advocates should embrace soda taxes. The evidence is strong and continues to grow: such taxes can change consumer behavior, generate significant revenue and incentivize product reformulation. In essence, such taxes are an important and now well-established instrument of fiscal and public health policy. In this commentary we expand on their arguments by considering how the worldwide adoption of such taxes might be further accelerated. First, we identify where in the world taxes have been implemented to date and where the untapped potential remains greatest. Second, drawing upon recent case study research on country experiences we describe several conditions under which governments may be more likely to make taxation a political priority in the future. Third, we consider how to help strengthen the technical and legal capacities of governments to design and effectively administer taxes, with emphasis on low- and middle-income countries. We expect the findings to be most useful to public health advocates and policy-makers seeking to promote healthier diets and good nutrition.