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

expert reaction to draft legislation on a sugar tax

The government has drafted legislation on a sugar tax, first announced earlier in the year, that confirms a two-band levy for sugar-added soft drinks.

What role do tax and regulation play in promoting better health?

However, hypothecation of sin taxes has had a place in recent UK policy – Theresa. May's Conservative government committed to using all revenue from the Soft ...

Doctors Demand a 20% Tax on Sugary Drinks to Fight UK Obesity ...

Britain's doctors are calling for the government to impose a 20% tax on sugar-sweetened drinks to pay for subsidies on fruit and vegetables ...

New sugar tax confirmed in fight to combat rising obesity

The controversial levy was first announced last March, when the Government announced it would target the producers and importers of soft drinks ...

UK sugar tax slashed children's added sugar intake by half - Euronews

The United Kingdom's sugar tax led to a nearly 50 per cent reduction in children's added sugar intake from sodas and other soft drinks, according to new ...

Food strategy calls for £3bn sugar and salt tax to improve UK's diet

Ministers are being urged to levy a £3bn sugar and salt tax as part of a “once-in-a-lifetime opportunity” to break Britain's addiction to junk food.

Media and the staging of policy controversy: obesity and the UK ...

Those against the sugar tax tended to show more emotive delivery. For example, the economist in video 27 emphasized his opposition to the tax by ...

Do soda taxes work? | Berkeley Public Health

Madsen's research shows that the soda tax continues to influence consumption, even years after the campaign. In 2014, she began conducting ...

Implications of a Sugar Tax in New Zealand: Incidence and ...

This paper has two aims. First, it surveys some of the literature on the likely effectiveness of sugar taxes as a policy instrument for reducing morbidity and ...

Estimated changes in free sugar consumption one year after the UK ...

In March 2016 the UK government announced the UK soft drink industry levy (SDIL), a two-tier levy on manufacturers, importers and bottlers of soft drinks which ...

A tax on sugar-sweetened beverages: What the modelling shows

The AMA crunched the numbers to see how a tax on sugary drinks would contribute to tackling obesity.

Would taxes on unhealthy foods reduce obesity?

Taxes on sugary soft drinks have been implemented in many places. In the UK, the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (commonly known as the 'sugar ...

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

In March 2016, the UK Government announced a soft drinks industry levy or 'sugar tax', which aimed to reduce sugar intake by encouraging drinks ...

World Health Organisation calls on next UK government to tax ...

The World Health Organisation (WHO) has been joined by British non-profit groups in calling on the next UK government to extend the sugar tax levied on drinks.

TAXES ON SUGAR- SWEETENED BEVERAGES:

³ Generating government revenue (which can be directed toward programs and services that improve population health). Revenue generated by SSB ...

Parliamentary taxation of colonies, international trade

Under pressure from American colonists and British merchants, the British Government decided it was easier to repeal the Stamp Act than to enforce it. The ...

How the UK Soft Drinks Levy reduced the population's calorie intake

... sugar taxes. In March 2016, the UK Government announced a. ... reduce their consumption levels whilst raising tax for the UK Treasury.

Outcomes Following Taxation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages

There was no evidence of substitution to untaxed beverages, and changes in SSB consumption were not significant. The narrative synthesis found ...

Germany mulls sugar tax: What are the benefits? - DW

Germany may draw inspiration from the British model of taxing sugary foods. In 2018, the UK government introduced a two-tier system: 18 pence in ...

Government should tax HFSS products to tackle obesity crisis ...

James Mayer, President of Danone UK & Ireland, has called for taxes on products high in fat, sugar, or salt (HFSS), to address the obesity..