title: Sugary beverage tax policy: lessons learned from tobacco.
abstract: Excise taxes on sugary beverages have been proposed as a method to replicate the public health success of tobacco control and to generate revenue. As policymakers increase efforts to pass sugary beverage taxes, they can anticipate that manufacturers will emulate the strategies employed by tobacco companies in their attempts to counteract the impact of such taxes. Policymakers should therefore consider 2 complementary laws-minimum price laws and prohibitions on coupons and discounting-to accomplish the intended price increase.
authors.affiliation: At the time of the study, Jennifer L. Pomeranz was with the Yale Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, Yale University, New Haven, CT.
authors.forename: Jennifer L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Pomeranz
mesh_terms: D002253:Carbonated Beverages / Q000191:economics*; D003132:Commerce; D019422:Dietary Sucrose; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000191:economics; D006801:Humans; D035846:Law Enforcement; D011050:Policy Making; D013660:Taxes / Q000191:economics*; D064424:Tobacco Use / Q000191:economics*
chemical_list: D019422:Dietary Sucrose