Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean

CONCLUSIONS: While the number of countries applying excise taxes on SSBs is promising, there is great heterogeneity in design in terms of structure, tax base, and products taxed. Existing excise taxes could be further leveraged to improve their impact on SSB consumption and health by including all categories of SSBs, excluding bottled water, and relying more on amount-specific taxes regularly adjusted for inflation and possibly based on sugar concentration. All countries would benefit from additional guidance. Future research should aim to address this gap.PMID:33727907 | PMC:PMC7954193 | DOI:10.26633/RPSP.2021.21
Source: Pan American Journal of Public Health - Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: Source Type: research