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Can Soft Drink Taxes Reduce Population Weight?Jason M. FletcherYale University - School of Public Health David E. FrisvoldEmory University Nathan TefftUniversity of Washington - Department of Health Services Contemporary Economic Policy, Vol. 28, Issue 1, pp. 23-35, January 2010 Abstract: Soft drink consumption has been hypothesized as one of the major factors in the growing rates of obesity in the United States. Nearly two-thirds of all states currently tax soft drinks using excise taxes, sales taxes, or special exceptions to food exemptions from sales taxes to reduce consumption of this product, raise revenue, and improve public health. In this paper, we evaluate the impact of changes in state soft drink taxes on body mass index (BMI), obesity, and overweight. Our results suggest that soft drink taxes influence BMI, but that the impact is small in magnitude.(JEL I18, H75)
Number of Pages in PDF File: 13 Accepted Paper SeriesDate posted: January 25, 2010Suggested CitationContact Information
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