Implementation of the First US Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Berkeley, CA, 2015–2019.
Objectives. To identify lessons learned from implementation of the nation's first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) excise tax in 2015 in Berkeley, California. Methods. We interviewed city stakeholders and SSB distributors and retailers (n = 48) from June 2015 to April 2017 and analyzed records through...
| Publicado en: | American Journal of Public Health Vol. 110; no. 9; pp. 1429 - 1438 |
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=145072244&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 145072244 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 00900036 APH jtl: American Journal of Public Health issn: 00900036 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Sep2020 vid: 110 iid: 9 pid: 44 pub: American Public Health Association artinfo: ui: 145072244 10.2105/AJPH.2020.305795 ppf: 1429 ppct: 9 formats: tig: atl: Implementation of the First US Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Tax in Berkeley, CA, 2015–2019. aug: au: Falbe, Jennifer Grummon, Anna H. Rojas, Nadia Ryan-Ibarra, Suzanne Silver, Lynn D. Madsen, Kristine A. su: Berkeley (Calif.) Law Soft drinks Junk food taxes Beverage sales & prices sug: subj: Law Berkeley (Calif.) All Other Specialty Food Stores Non-alcoholic beverage merchant wholesalers Soft Drink Manufacturing Soft drink and ice manufacturing Soft drinks Junk food taxes Beverage sales & prices ab: Objectives. To identify lessons learned from implementation of the nation's first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) excise tax in 2015 in Berkeley, California. Methods. We interviewed city stakeholders and SSB distributors and retailers (n = 48) from June 2015 to April 2017 and analyzed records through January 2019. Results. Lessons included the importance of thorough and timely communications with distributors and retailers, adequate lead time for implementation, advisory commissions for revenue allocations, and funding of staff, communications, and evaluation before tax collection begins. Early and robust outreach about the tax and programs funded can promote and sustain public support, reduce friction, and facilitate beverage price increases on SSBs only. No retailer reported raising food prices, indicating that Berkeley's SSB tax did not function as a "grocery tax," as industry claimed. Revenue allocations totaled more than $9 million for public health, nutrition, and health equity through 2021. Conclusions. The policy package, context, and implementation process facilitated translating policy into public health outcomes. Further research is needed to understand long-term facilitators and barriers to sustaining public health benefits of Berkeley's tax and how those differ from facilitators and barriers in jurisdictions facing significant industry-funded repeal efforts. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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