The UK has introduced a sugar tax

As described in Table 1, a number of countries have already introduced health- related taxes on SSBs and food and beverages high in fat, salt and/or sugar (HFSS) ...

Sugar tax is already producing results - BBC

On 6 April the UK will join the small number of countries which have introduced a tax on sugary drinks as part of an anti-obesity policy.

The UK sugar tax – a healthy start? | British Dental Journal - Nature

Suggests the proposed levy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) is welcome as a potential contributor to better dental health. Proposes that ...

Britain's sugar tax on soft drinks comes into effect | Reuters

Britain's sugar tax on soft drinks came into effect on Friday, a move that will lead to some higher prices as the country seeks to battle ...

UK 'sugar tax' linked to fall in child hospital admissions for tooth ...

The levy was implemented in April 2018. While the relationship between sugar-sweetened drinks and tooth decay is well established, no studies ...

Check if your drink is liable for the Soft Drinks Industry Levy - GOV.UK

You need to pay the Soft Drinks Industry Levy for liable flavour concentrates packaged in or brought into the UK from 1 April 2023. A flavour concentrate is a ...

The sugar tax: a sweet stocking filler? - Cancer News

The sugar tax (officially known as the Soft Drinks Industry Levy) is a tax on soft drink companies, rather than taxes such as VAT, which the ...

Articles Health impact assessment of the UK soft drinks industry levy

In March, 2016, the UK Government proposed a tiered levy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs; high tax for drinks with >8 g of sugar per 100 mL, moderate tax ...

Sugar tax comes into effect in the UK - Beverage Daily

However, last week the Department of Finance announced that the introduction of the tax has been put back to May 1 to allow the government to ...

Sugar tax had no lasting negative impacts on the UK soft drinks ...

Leading UK soft drinks companies continued to experience positive growth in their share prices during the implementation of the UK ...

UK 'considering scrapping soft drinks sugar tax'

The sugar tax was introduced in the UK in 2018 and consists of a levy of 18p a litre for drinkers with five to eight grams of sugar per 100ml ...

The UK's Sugar Tax Explained - YouTube

Today, 6th April, the UK government have introduced a new tax on sugary drinks in an attempt to reduce the level of obesity in the UK.

Sugar tax could prevent 3.7 million cases of obesity over next decade

Jane Landon, UK Health Forum's deputy chief executive, said: “Countries which have introduced a tax on sugary drinks have not only reduced ...

Soft drink sugar tax starts, but will it work? - BBC News

The levy is being applied to manufacturers - whether they pass it on to consumers or not is up to them. Drinks with more than 8g per 100ml will ...

Introduce a tax on sugary drinks in the UK to improve our children's ...

The Government has no plans to introduce a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages. The Government will announce its plans for tackling childhood obesity by the end of ...

Sugar tax: what you need to know - The Conversation

The UK sugar tax aims to incentivise sugar reduction in drinks. Because it is imposed on drinks over a certain sugar threshold, manufacturers ...

Sugar tax shows UK government is determined to tackle a serious…

A tax on sugary drinks at some point was, in our view, inevitable. And if it was going to be introduced by any government this had to be in the ...

Sugar tax on sugary drinks introduced as obesity rises

The report is published in the week that the “sugar tax” on soft drinks is introduced (on 6th April) in the UK that aims to prevent young people ...

The impact of UK soft drinks industry levy on manufacturers ...

In common with the reaction to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes in other countries, the SDIL announcement was met with strong industry opposition, with ...

When the UK introduced a sugar tax on soft drinks, consumption ...

UK has the NHS. Meaning people in the Uk collectively pay for the healthcare of the population. So when fewer junk calories are consumed across ...