Accelerating the worldwide adoption of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes: Strengthening commitment and capacity: Comment on “The untapped power of soda taxes: Incentivizing consumers, generating revenue, and altering corporate behavior”

International Journal of Health Policy and Management

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2018, Pages 474-478

  Baker, Phillip ^a   Jones, Alexandra ^b,c   Thow, Anne Marie ^d  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^d University of Sydney   (Australia)

Author keywords

Capacity; Framing; Political Priority; Sugar sweetened beverages; Taxes

Indexed keywords

CARBOHYDRATE;

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

BEVERAGES; CARBONATED BEVERAGES; HUMANS; PUBLIC HEALTH; SUGARS; TAXES;

EID: 85048311118     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23225939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.15171/ijhpm.2017.127     Document Type: Note

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