Tagged: sweetened sugary beverages

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Let’s talk about taxing those sweet, sweet sugary drinks - Unsorted

Public Health Expert • Jul 05, 2017 •

How much revenue would a New Zealand sugary drink tax raise? And how might be best to do it? Last week a FIZZ symposium was run in Auckland. A key focus was moving New Zealand towards adopting a sugary drink tax. As part of the policy briefing prepared for this FIZZ Symposium, we were asked to estimate the revenue from … Read More

Would a sugary fizzy drink tax reduce health inequalities? Probably Yes - Public Health Expert

Public Health Expert • Jun 19, 2014 •

Professor Tony Blakely A possible tax on sweetened sugary beverages (SSBs, and in particular sugary carbonated soft drinks) is topical internationally. This blog considers some economic theory around prices and demand, epidemiological predictions, and then a recent Australian study on … Continue reading → … Read More