Yes, the government should tax soft drinks: findings from a citizens' jury in Australia.
Yes, the government should tax soft drinks: findings from a citizens' jury in Australia.
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph110302456
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发表时间：
2014-02-27
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Comans T
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作者：
Moretto N;Kendall E;Whitty J;Byrnes J;Hills AP;Gordon L;Turkstra E;Scuffham P;Comans T
有人建议将税收作为一种可能的预防战略，以解决儿童肥胖这一严重的公共健康问题。了解公众对税收的潜在作用的看法，对于政策决定是至关重要的，如果政策决定是为更广泛的社会所接受的。公民陪审团是一种让公众参与决策的审议方法，可以帮助制定政策议程。2013年5月，澳大利亚布里斯班举行了一次公民陪审团会议，以回答以下问题：对食品和饮料征税是公众可以接受的降低儿童肥胖率的策略吗？公民从选民名册中随机抽取并被邀请参加。有目的地从那些表示有兴趣的人中选出13名成员，以广泛反映澳大利亚公众的多样性。在两天的时间里，专家向参与者展示了有关该主题的证据，他们可以询问证人，并对证据进行审议。陪审员一致支持对含糖饮料征税，但普遍不支持对加工肉类、休闲食品和在家外食用/购买的食品征税。他们还支持对零食征税，条件是也引入红绿灯标签。虽然没有特别要求他们考虑税收以外的策略，但陪审员强烈建议在所有食品包装上使用红绿灯和茶匙标签系统来标明糖、盐和脂肪含量，以提供更多的营养信息。公民陪审团建议，公众可能会支持对含糖饮料征税，以降低儿童肥胖率。对含糖饮料征税的监管改革和改进产品包装上的营养信息标签得到了评审团所有成员的大力支持。政府应该考虑这些改革措施，以防止儿童肥胖和肥胖后果对社会的未来负担。
Taxation has been suggested as a possible preventive strategy to address the serious public health concern of childhood obesity. Understanding the public’s viewpoint on the potential role of taxation is vital to inform policy decisions if they are to be acceptable to the wider community. A Citizens’ Jury is a deliberative method for engaging the public in decision making and can assist in setting policy agendas. A Citizens’ Jury was conducted in Brisbane, Australia in May 2013 to answer the question: Is taxation on food and drinks an acceptable strategy to the public in order to reduce rates of childhood obesity? Citizens were randomly selected from the electoral roll and invited to participate. Thirteen members were purposively sampled from those expressing interest to broadly reflect the diversity of the Australian public. Over two days, participants were presented with evidence on the topic by experts, were able to question witnesses and deliberate on the evidence. The jurors unanimously supported taxation on sugar-sweetened drinks but generally did not support taxation on processed meats, snack foods and foods eaten/ purchased outside the home. They also supported taxation on snack foods on the condition that traffic light labelling was also introduced. Though they were not specifically asked to deliberate strategies outside of taxation, the jurors strongly recommended more nutritional information on all food packaging using the traffic light and teaspoon labelling systems for sugar, salt and fat content. The Citizens’ Jury suggests that the general public may support taxation on sugar-sweetened drinks to reduce rates of obesity in children. Regulatory reforms of taxation on sugar-sweetened drinks and improved labelling of nutritional information on product packaging were strongly supported by all members of the jury. These reforms should be considered by governments to prevent childhood obesity and the future burden on society from the consequences of obesity.
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