sugar sweetened drinks taxation: behavioural unknowns and public acceptability - noelle cotter
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Sugar Sweetened Drinks Taxation: Behavioural Unknowns and Public Acceptability - Noelle Cotter IPH, Open, Conference, Belfast, Northern, Ireland, Dublin, Titanic, October, 2014, Health PublicTRANSCRIPT
Sugar Sweetened Drinks Taxation: Behavioural Unknowns and Public Acceptability
Dr. Noëlle Cotter
Public Health Development Officer (Policy)Institute of Public Health in Ireland
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• Policy background & context
• Why sugar sweetened drinks?
• What is the evidence?
• Consumer reactions &
responses
Overview
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Adam Smith: Proper subjects of taxation
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Why sugar-sweetened drinks?
• No nutritional value
• ‘Liquid calories’
• Links with overweight and obesity?
• No suggestion this is a silver bullet
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What is known about public acceptability?
• Evidence from
Australia
• Evidence from
Ireland
• Evidence from England
• Evidence from the United States
• Evidence from the Netherlands
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• Economically
valuable
• Industry response
• Ability to oppose
• Consumer response
• Focus on OW/obesity
• Costs to taxpayer
• Ring-fencing
Conclusion
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Institute of Public Health in Ireland
Dr. Noëlle Cotter
Public Health Development Officer (Policy)