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Higher Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Retail Prices After Excise Taxes in Oakland and San Francisco.
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American journal of public health [Am J Public Health] 2020 Jul; Vol. 110 (7), pp. 1017-1023. Date of Electronic Publication: 2020 May 21. - Publication Year :
- 2020
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Abstract
- Objectives. To examine how much sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) excise taxes increased SSB retail prices in Oakland and San Francisco, California. Methods. We collected pretax (April-May 2017) and posttax (April-May 2018) retail prices of SSBs and non-SSBs from 155 stores in Oakland, San Francisco, and comparison cities. We analyzed data using difference-in-differences high-dimensional fixed-effects regressions, weighted by regional beverage sales. Results. Across all beverage sizes, the weighted average price of SSBs increased by 0.92 cents per ounce (95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.28, 1.56) in Oakland and 1.00 cents per ounce (95% CI = 0.35, 1.65) in San Francisco, compared with prices in untaxed cities. The tax did not significantly alter prices of water, 100% juice, or milk of any size examined. Diet soda only, among non-SSBs, exhibited a higher price increase for some sizes in taxed cities. Conclusions. Within 4 to 10 months of implementation, Oakland's and San Francisco's SSB excise taxes significantly increased SSB retail prices by approximately the amount of the taxes, a key mechanism for reducing consumption.
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1541-0048
- Volume :
- 110
- Issue :
- 7
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- American journal of public health
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 32437271
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2020.305602