Sugar-sweetened beverage tax implementation processes: results of a scoping review
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Authors
Forberger, S
Reisch, L
Meshkovska, B
Lobczowska, K
Scheller, DA
Wendt, J
Christianson, L
Frense, J
Steinacker, JM
Luszczynska, A
Zeeb, H
PEN Consortium
Publication Date
2022-03Journal Title
Health Research Policy and Systems
ISSN
1478-4505
Publisher
BioMed Central
Volume
20
Issue
1
Language
eng
Type
Article
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Forberger, S., Reisch, L., Meshkovska, B., Lobczowska, K., Scheller, D., Wendt, J., Christianson, L., et al. (2022). Sugar-sweetened beverage tax implementation processes: results of a scoping review. Health Research Policy and Systems, 20 (1) https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00832-3
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Funder: Joint Programming Initiative A healthy diet for a healthy life
Abstract
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) is seen as a win-win situation for governments. It is argued that SSB taxes are relatively easy to implement from a practical perspective compared to for example other nutrition policies. However, the implementation of SSB taxation laws does not happen by itself. Therefore, this work examines implementation processes for SSB taxation in terms of (1) pre-implementation context, (2) taxation instruments used and (3) interactions in the implementation process. Ten databases and grey literature were systematically searched for studies reporting on SSB taxation implementation processes up to February 2020. All studies (N = 1248) were screened independently by two reviewers according to predefined criteria. The selection of variables to be extracted was based on the policy cycle heuristic and informed by intervention implementation research. Information on the process of implementing SSB taxation is limited. Only six cases based on three publications were identified, indicating a gap in this research area. SSB taxation implementation was accomplished by hiring a subcontractor for the implementation or using pre-existing tax collection structures. Political and public support within the implementation process seems to be supportive for the city of Berkeley and for Portugal but was not reported for the Pacific Islands. However, the existing data are very limited, and further research on SSB taxation implementation processes is needed to determine whether the aim of the policy and the envisaged outcome are linked in practice. Registration The protocol was registered with the Open Science Framework (OSF) (osf.io/7w84q/).
Keywords
Implementation, Public Policy, Implementation Process, Ssb Taxation, Humans, Obesity, Nutrition Policy, Beverages, Taxes, Sugar-Sweetened Beverages
Sponsorship
Open Access funding enabled and organized by Projekt DEAL. The PEN project (www.jpi-pen.eu) is funded by the Joint Programming Initiative “A Healthy Diet for a Healthy Life” (JPI HDHL), a research and innovation initiative of EU Member States and associated countries. The funding agencies supporting this work are (in alphabetical order of participating countries): France: Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique (INRA); Germany: Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF); Ireland: Health Research Board (HRB); Italy: Ministry of Education, University and Research (MIUR); the Netherlands: the Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development (ZonMw); New Zealand: the University of Auckland, School of Population Health; Norway: the Research Council of Norway (RCN); Poland: the National Centre for Research and Development (NCBR).
Identifiers
35331245, PMC8944035
External DOI: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-022-00832-3
This record's URL: https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/handle/1810/336437
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