ArticleEconomics and human biology2020
The impact of UK soft drinks industry levy on manufacturers' domestic turnover.
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- Outcomes Following Taxation of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.JAMA network open · 2022Pooled it
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- Reactions of industry and associated organisations to the announcement of the UK Soft Drinks Industry Levy: longitudinal thematic analysis of UK media articles, 2016-18.BMC public health · 2023Article
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- A comparative policy analysis of the adoption and implementation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxes (2016-19) in 16 countries.Health policy and planning · 2022Article
- How should we evaluate sweetened beverage tax policies? A review of worldwide experience.BMC public health · 2021Review
- Changes in soft drinks purchased by British households associated with the UK soft drinks industry levy: controlled interrupted time series analysis.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2021Article
- Examining the news media reaction to a national sugary beverage tax in South Africa: a quantitative content analysis.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
In March 2016, the UK government announced the Soft Drinks Industry Levy (SDIL) which came into effect in April 2018. In common with the reaction to sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes in other countries, the SDIL announcement was met with strong industry opposition, with claims that it would harm their profits. The SDIL was designed to incentivise reformulation of SSBs by providing a 2-year delay between the announcement and the enforcement of the levy, and adopting a two-tiered rate based on the sugar content of the drinks. Using interrupted time series analysis, this paper examines how the domestic turnover of UK soft drinks manufacturers changed after the announcement and the implementation of the SDIL. Our results show some evidence of a short-term negative impact of the SDIL announcement on the domestic turnover of the UK soft drinks manufacturers. This effect, however, did not continue post-implementation. These findings suggest that manufacturers were, to a large extent, able to mitigate the effects of levy before it came into effect.
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