Soda taxes: The importance of analysing policy processes: Comment on “The untapped power of soda taxes: Incentivising consumers, generating revenue, and altering corporate behaviours”

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 470-473

  Le Bodo, Yann ^a,b   De Wals, Philippe ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Food and nutrition; Health promotion; Policy process; Soda tax; Sugar

Indexed keywords

BEVERAGE; CARBONATED BEVERAGE; HUMAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; TAX;

BEVERAGES; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; PUBLIC POLICY; TAXES;

EID: 85048309862     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.126     Document Type: Note

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