Penny-per-ounce tax on soda (good summary)

This article examines the effects of a one-cent-per-ounce tax on sugar sweetened beverages. The authors, professors and a graduate student at different universities, predicted the tax would reduce consumption of sugar-sweeetened beverages by 15 percent in adults 25-64. "The estimate is conservative but consistent with other findings." They predicted an estimated 867,000 fewer people would become obese as a result of the tax and cut new diabetes cases by 2.6 percent. The greatest health improvements would occur among those 45 to 64 years old. Pop prices would increase between 20 and 25 percent with the tax. "In addition to generating substantial revenue, which can be used to fund health services or other infrastructure, the proposed penny-per- ounce excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages is predicted to greatly reduce the adverse health and cost burdens of obesity, diabetes, and car- diovascular diseases among US adults."
The article contains excellent material related to my topic and also includes an extensive bibliography.


Wang, Y.C, Coxson, C., Shen, Y., Goldman, L., & Bibbings-Domingo. (2013, January 7). A penny-per-ouncetax on sugar-sweetened beverages would cut health and cost burdens of diabetes. Health Affairs, 31(1). Retrieved from http://content.healthaffairs.org/content/31/1/199.full?sid=7e334a4c-3941-4039-8329-84dcfe6777c5